IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3451 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 25, 2011. Sh.Vijay Kumar and others .....Petitioners versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Inderjit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners are residents of Gopal Nagar, Bathinda, They have averred that respondent Nos.5 & 6 are the daughter and wife respectively of an Ex-M.L.A. and are residents of the same street. The petitioners allege that the above stated private respondents have encroached and completely blocked the public path. It is alleged that no action is being taken by the Municipal authorities obviously due to alleged influence exerted by the former M.L.A. In support of the above stated allegations, the petitioners have placed on record the site plan as well as the show cause notice which was issued by the Municipal authorities to respondent No.5 way back on 16.8.2001 (Annexure P-4). It further appears that the Municipal Corporation vide letter dated 10.9.2007 (Annexure P-6) C.W.P.No .3451 of 2011 2 requested the Senior Superintendent of Police, Bathinda to take necessary action against respondent No.6 who is allegedly trying to encroach upon a part of the public street. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and upon consideration of the documents on record, however, without expressing any views on the allegations of encroachments made against respondent Nos.5 & 6 to whom no notice has been issued at this stage, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda to verify the petitioners' allegations and if found to be correct, to take action for the removal of encroachments/ unauthorized constructions strictly in accordance with law. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Bathinda shall provide police aid, if so required by the Municipal Corporation to act against the encroachers. However, this order shall not be construed to mean as if the allegations levelled against the private respondents have been accepted by this Court. The needful shall be done within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 25, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE