1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PIL WRIT PETITION NO.86 OF 2006 Shaikh Faizahmed Aziz & Anr. .. Petitioners. V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.A.V. Chatuphale for the petitioner. Mr.V.P. Malvankar for respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr.R.S. Apte for respondent No.4. CORAM : R.M. LODHA & NARESH H. PATIL, JJ. DATED : 26TH JULY, 2006. P.C. : The petitioners have prayed that direction be issued to the respondents to divert the incoming flow of heavy traffic from National Highway No.3 and National Highway No.4 via Eastern Express Highway or by any other route to the total exclusion of internal routes of the city of Thane. 2. The AGP informs us that a meeting of the Collector, Thane, Commissioner, Thane, Municipal Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner (Traffic), Thane and City Engineer, Thane Municipal Corporation took place on July 24, 2006. 2 3. The AGP placed before us a change route map, marked ‘X’ for identification purposes. As per the said route map, the traffic from National Highway No.3 and National Highway No.4 now passes through the road marked by arrows from Navi Mumbai to Old Agra Road. According to the decision taken in the said meeting, the traffic from National Highway No.3 and National Highway No.4 does not pass through Minatai Thakare Chowk (Castle Mill). We are, thus, satisfied that the grievance of the petitioner raised through public interest litigation has been redressed and no further orders needs to be passed in the writ petition. 4. The writ petition (PIL) stands disposed of accordingly. (R.M. LODHA, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.)