^ &.\0of^ t^ BEFORE THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P. No. (Public Interest Litigation) J^ ' / 2004 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS ,^ .\<^.<? ^ Khemlal Sinha S/o Shri Paltan Sinha, Aged about 65 years, R/o Ganjpara, Durg (Chhattisgarh). VERSUS 1. State Government of Chhattisgarh Through: Secretary, Local Self and Urban Development, Department, ^ ^ ^^••»' ^ lUcLll 1-^CVClUplllCllL, V!^36^%^^ D'K'S-Bhawan' Raipur(c-G-) ^^^Sf^ ^^^ ^ \ 2. Municipal Corporation, Durg, y^y-'tjf ^>^- - ^ Through: Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Durg (C.G.). WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLES 226/227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION 4^ ^^r .^ ^ v^\ r^' <2;T ^u [^' Corporation Raipiir Commissionen 'ur, Municipal Corporation Bilaspur •Through- Commissioner, IVIunicipal Corporation Bilaspur^ Distt-Bilaspur Municipal Corporation Korba Through- Commissioner, l^ ^l ^ i I i XI-HC-78 ^ucT;:?TPTTp5?T, yal<<-f<ld, Rlrtwy< »-^^:f:!l!^2.^.[^./.j?^^^^^ TTmc^mHt^'y:^- ^ "'•^•l y^ ^1 w^2oo 3TF19T q^l? (^rf^cR?) OT^^T^T^Rtc?) ^^^T^^T^'Rt^ ^-1, ^?rrwr^rf^T W^^T <Pl<4fo41vl HFT^t'^'f^t <<Rfl<«l^ ^? 3Tf^T 3TT^$T DiVISiON - HON'BLE MR. A.K. PATNAIK, ^J & HON'BLE MR. SUN!L KUMAft SINHA. J. This is a Public interesf|Utigation praying for a direction to the Munlclpa! Corporations of (respondents 2, 3, 4 and 5) to fire extingujshing instrum^nt and staff to handSe the fire accjdents. A prayer has aiso authorities to k^^p up tne ^xistln< By 31/01/20|)5 to the importance of the matter) the eight other Municlpal Corpc^ joined as respondents with rel petltlon. Heard Mr. Ajay Shrivasl Koshy, Dy. Advocate General, foj Mishra counsei for respondent Mr. A,S.- Kachhawaha counaefl counsel for responde] Munlclpaj Corporatlons, Amblka^ ^urg, Ralpur, Bilaspur and Kofba for flre and in thls PIL to directthe 1 hospitals in Durg Csty. >, however, thls Court iookSng that the wjil get information from Iratlons in the State who have not been |ard to the subject matter of this writ tava counsei for the petitioner, Mr. P.S. ^the ofChhattisgarh, iVirAvsnash ^o;2, Mr. P. Diwakar, Sr. Advocate, wlth for respondent No.4, Mr.- Sanjay K. ht 5 Mr.- B,D. Guru counsel for ^ur, Jagdalpur, RaSgarh and Chirmirl. We have ateo peruse^ Corporations of th©State of the returns flled by the Municlpal Cht-lattisgarh which shows that the are T XI-HC-78 ^r%r ^i^irt^, uTil^t^i®,Riow^ -- y;.f:.^J.L)..?l!^/^^. WTOT ^mq? •v--°—--<-^-/-—f" ^200 3n^5Tq?^(x3?fgcR?) OT^^TcPlf^H^ ^sn^^Ta^te 1! i'i <hNi^41^^1Ho'?l'^?&^'<<&i^S^ i&^iKl*is3B^^T being taken by the Municlpall brigade and arrangements for th^ Corporations for maintenance of fir© prevenfion andodinction offire. Section 351 (1) of the R(| Act, 1956 which has been renamed as ChhattJsgarh Munic referred to QS ''the Act') provides padhya Pradesh Municipai Corporation a^qpted in the State of Chhattisgarh and Ipal Corporation Act, 1956 (hsrsinafisr b©follows: - 3S1. Majntenatic4 of fire brigQde and arrangemente tor the prev^ (1) For the prevention ^ Corporafion shall majnfain a| such implements, machine^ as the Corporation may thinl ofthebn'gade. ntton and exttnctlon offlre.- ind extinction of fire, the |ffre brigade and shQll provide |or means of communtoatlons |< necessaiy for the'efficiency It !s c!ear from the aforesa|d proyisions of Section 351 of the Act that for the preventlon and sx^nctlon of fire, the Corporatlon maintain a fire brigade and shaii rtrovide such impfemente, machlneryor means of communication as the qorporation may think necessary for the effidency of the brigade. The ^unlcipaJ Corporations in ihe State of Chhattjsgarh are under the obljg|itions to maintain the fire brigade as welj as have sufficient ImpJetnents, machinery and means of communjcation as are necessary f4r the efnclency ofthe brigade. We direct the MunJeipaJ Co] to comply with the said provisjon obtain sufricIenS number of Imi '•porations jn the State of Chhattisgarh s of Section 351 (1) of the Act and ^iements, machlnery or means for majntajning the flre brigade; so th^t fire accidents can be prevented and fjre can be extinguished at tiie ^ariiest without any harm to ijfe and ^ td r XI-HC-78 'nPR^TSPTT^ \^vq ^|«lo)<t,tPn1^1«l<S,(fi|<')11<1^ ^ .^lf.iL-l^.^n. Wt200 3:rT^^<PTf^;Tt<P ^i..^^Tfh^i<b .^ '^'/ ^ cs ^ vp 3TT^5T q5PP ('jtdljd^) properfy. We sisa dirset tha S| funds to the Munioipal C| Corporations are unable to man^ This direction wili be c{: today and copy of this order wil) Dy. Advocate General, appeari^g the learned counsel appearingl after tomorrow. Regarding maintenance file representation before the a^propriate Is on such representatior|! petitlon forthe approprlate rellef.j Sd/- Chief Justice <pi«f<?)<IlTt^w^f f(^^£\<<K>t^tx w Isite of Chhattisgarh to provide adlequatfi orporations wherever the Municipal ige the funds for the purpo^e, smpSied with within three months from be fumished to Mr. P.S. Koshy, teamed for the State of Chhattisgarh anci to for the Municipal Corporatlons by day >f the Hospital at Durg.the petitioner may authority and in case no action /the petitioner is at liberty to move writ Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge