Civil Writ Petition No. 10688 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 10688 of 2009 Date of Decision: 21.7.2009 Rajinder Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE. HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. 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. I.S. Saggu, Advocate for the petitioner. T.S. Thakur, C.J. (Oral) Writ Petition No. 7673 of 2007, filed in public interest, was disposed off by us by an order dated 3.9.2008. A copy of the said order enclosed with the present petition as Annexure P1 would show that this Court had directed that circulars and instructions issued by the Sate Roadways and Corporations requiring the Drivers and Conductors of the buses operated by the said State Roadways/Corporations not to stop at unauthorized places or roadside Dhabas and to halt only at the places authorized for that purpose, should be made more effective and action Civil Writ Petition No. 10688 of 2009 2 taken against the defaulting Drivers and Conductors wherever such default is proved to have been committed. The directions clearly proceeded on the basis that the Drivers of the buses being run by the State Roadways/Corporations were violating the instructions issued to them and stopping at unauthorized roadside places for reasons other than the convenience of the commuters. In the present petition, the petitioner once again brings up somewhat similar issue in the public interest and challenges order dated 14.5.2009 issued by the Managing Director of the Punbus stating that the buses will be stopped at Bawa Dhaba, Samana Bahu on the same terms & conditions as earlier stipulated. It was argued on behalf of the petitioner that the said order is in conflict with the directions issued by us earlier. There is however no merit in that contention. The earlier order passed by us in C.W.P. No. 7673 of 2007 was unequivocal and directed the authorities to enforce the circulars and instructions regarding road side stoppage of buses operated by the State Roadways and Corporations. The order impugned in the present petition is in no way in conflict with the said direction. That is so because it is one thing to direct compliance with the orders already issued and an entirely different thing to stipulate and authorise bus stops on any given route. The order passed by the respondents stipulates and authorizes buses to stop at the Dhabas mentioned in the same. Whether or not the bus stops have been properly chosen in the interest of the commuters is a matter with which we do not wish to interfere, particularly so when we have nothing before us to show that there is anything perverse about the Civil Writ Petition No. 10688 of 2009 3 stoppages stipulated by the Competent Authority. There is no infirmity or illegality in the orders impugned before us to warrant our interference. The petition fails and is hereby dismissed. (T.S.Thakur) Chief Justice (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge July 21, 2009 “DK”