IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.4760 of 2006 DATE OF ORDER: 1.4.2008 Court on its own motion ....Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and Others through Sh. D.V. Sharma, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Deepak Bhardwaj, Advocate for Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana. through Sh.Amol Rattan, Addl.A.G, Punjab .....Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJENDER JAIN,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH .*.*. 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? VIJENDER JAIN, CHIEF JUSTICE (ORAL) A status report has been filed by the petitioner. Paragraph 01 of the status report reads thus: “I am glad to inform the Hon'ble Court that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC) has, at last, initiated the implementation of the court orders dated 10.5.2007, after obtaining the approval of the state govt vide letter dated 24.1.2008. Residents are exuberant at the prospect of their parks coming to life once again after a long gap of 6 years. The grateful Ludhianvis are, indeed, highly thankful to the Hon'ble Court for resuscitating the 'green lungs' of the city. I have, no doubt, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, under the able guidance of the Hon'ble Chief Justice, will continue to relieve the citizens of chronic problems pertaining to the cleaning of Budha Nalla, disposal and processing of Municipal Solid Waste, commercialization of residential buildings etc. As I have observed vide para 3 of my report dated 3.12.2007, higher judiciary is the only hope left for the hapless citizens against the C.W.P.No.4760 of 2006 #2# callous attitude of the authorities.” Shri Sharma has handed over an affidavit in Court on behalf of Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana and in paragraph 5 of the said affidavit, following has been stated: “That in view of the Government approval dated 24.1.2008, total 192 Park Management Committees were considered and accordingly the proposal for allotment of 277 parks and approval of expenditure of Rs.4,88,714/- and Rs.71,500/- per month for the maintenance of these parks was placed before the General House of the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana. The General House of the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana has approved the proposals vide resolution No.454 and 842 dated 10.3.2008. The respondent Corporation thereafter, in compliance of this Hon'ble Court directions dated 10.9.2007, has implemented the directions of this Hon'ble Court. The allotment letters regarding release of Rs.1/- per sq meter per month have been issued to the Park Management Committees. The copies of resolution No.454 and 842 dated 10.3.2008 are annexed herewith as Annexure R-1/1.” In view of the status report of the petitioner as well as stand of the respondents-Municipal Corporation, no further orders are required and we are happy that Municipal Corporation has taken a stand to maintain green lungs in the city of Ludhiana in an amicable manner. Petition stands disposed of. ( VIJENDER JAIN ) CHIEF JUSTICE April 01, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE