IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.23319 of 2010 Date of Decision : December 24, 2010. M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited .....Petitioner versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ashish Kapoor, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner-Indian Oil Corporation Limited (for short 'the Corporation') seeks a mandamus to direct the National Highway Authority of India to grant access to its retail outlet located at 32-A Bye-Pass, G.T.Road, Ludhiana. It is stated that the petitioner-Corporation has already moved several applications including dated 3.5.2010 and 16.12.2010 (Annexures P-6 and P-9 respectively) to the respondent-authorities, however, instead of taking any decision on these applications, the petitioner-Corporation is being threatened with closure of the access to the outlet. It is urged on behalf of the petitioner that the applications pending consideration before the National Highway Authorities deserve to be considered in the light of C.W.P.No .23319 of 2010 2 the observations made by this Court in an order dated 10.9.2010 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.20726 of 2008 (M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited versus Union of India and others) (Annexure P-5). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent nos.2 to 4 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's applications referred to above, for providing access to its retail outlet on the National Highway No.1, by giving an opportunity of hearing to the representative of the petitioner- Corporation, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Till then, the access to the retail outlet shall not be obstructed. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. December 24, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE