HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. *** Civil Writ Petition No.1609 of 2008 Date of decision: September 19, 2008. *** Comrade Parvesh Rani Versus Union of India and others. *** CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice T.S.Thakur, CJ and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant. *** Present: Shri Harchand Singh Batth, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri Nitin Kumar, Advocate, for respondents No. 1 and 2. Shri Sandeep Khunger, Advocate, for respondent No.3. Shri Onkar Singh Batalvi, Advocate, for Union of India. *** T.S.Thakur, CJ (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the light of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent No.3- Municipal Corporation of Amritsar, pointing out that the Government have taken a decision in principle to build an over- bridge at Jaura Fatak and also that necessary steps in that direction have already been initiated, the present writ petition could be disposed of with a direction that the authorities concerned shall process and finalize the project papers expeditiously so that -2- the residents of Amritsar do not face any hardship on account of traffic congestion at the Railway crossing mentioned above. Learned Counsel for the respondents do not oppose that prayer. In the circumstances, therefore, and for the reasons indicated above, we dispose of the writ petition with the observation that the authorities may expedite the finalization of the project reports and other necessary steps so that the project is taken up for its execution at the earliest possible. Parties are left to bear their own costs. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (SURYA KANT) JUDGE September 19, 2008 Malik