IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 18791 of 2008 Date of Decision: 21.03.2009 Ajit Singh ..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Vikrampreet Arora, Advocate for Mr. Maninder Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Madhu Dayal, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondents No.1 and 2 Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.3 ***** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a mandamus directing the respondents to take effective steps to control Dengue fever in Punjab especially in Ludhiana where a large number of cases of Dengue have been reported. In response to a notice issued by this Court, both the State Government as also the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana have filed their affidavits enumerating the steps that have been taken by them to CWP No. 18791 of 2008 [2] control and possibly eliminate the problem of Dengue fever. A reading of the affidavit shows that a number of steps have indeed been taken which would hopefully eliminate the menace of the Dengue. All the same we need to emphasize that the problem of Dengue arises almost every year on account of numerous factors like stagnated water, lack of proper drainage system, lack of awareness amongst the citizen and lack of fumigation etc. to control such menace. The authorities would, therefore, do well to address these areas on long term basis and keep the fight against the menace as effective as possible. With these observations, this petition is disposed of leaving the parties to bear their own costs. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 21.03.2009 'ravinder'