1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.2786 OF 2010 Marathwada Association of Small Scale Industries and Agriculture, Through its President Raman R. Ajgaonkar, Age : 42 years, Occu. Business ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. Union of India, Through Ministry of Defence, New Delhi 2. The State of Maharashtra (Through its Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32) 3. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, Priyadarshani Park, Nepiyan Sea Road, Mumbai 4. Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad, Through its Commissioner ..RESPONDENTS Mr A.G. Talhar, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr N.S. Chaudhary, Standing Counsel for respondent no.1; Mr N.R. Shaikh, A.G.P. for respondent no.2; Mr S.V. Adwant, Advocate for respondent no.3; Mr S.S. Tope, Advocate for respondent no.4. 2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE : 22nd October, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.) Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. This obviously is a petition in public interest filed by the petitioner which is the association of small scale industries of Marathwada region. The grievance of the petitioner is that a stretch of road of 3.4 Kms. from the Golwadi Naka to Nagar Naka causes several traffic congestion. The said stretch of road is an army land and the petitioner contends that a proposal has already been moved for widening of the road so as to make it a four lane road. The petitioner, therefore, by this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ directing the respondents to take a decision in respect of four laning of the Cantonment road i.e. from Golwadi cross road to old Nagar Naka. Shri Chaudhary, learned Counsel for respondent no.1 by refering to the affidavit in reply filed on behalf of respondent no.1 states that since the aforesaid land is a defence land, a proposal has already been sent by the local Military authority and at present the proposal is pending with the 3 Army Headquarters. It is further stated that thereafter appropriate decision would be taken by respondent no.1. 3. The aforesaid stretch of road, according to the petitioner is required to be immediately widened so as to make it a four lane road to ensure smooth flow of traffic and avoid bottleneck position. The aforesaid road leads to the main highway and the flow of traffic on the said road is imminent, which often leads to traffic congestion resulting in vehicles waiting for hours together. In the light of the pressing urgency and in the light of the fact that the proposal is pending with the Army Headquarters, we expect the respondents to take a decision thereon expeditiously. We hope and trust that the respondents would take the decision expeditiously in order to alleviate the difficulties and the problems being faced by the people using the said stretch of road. The petition, therefore, is accordingly allowed to the extent indicated above. Rule is made absolute on the terms indicated above with no order as to costs. (A.V. POTDAR, J.) ( P.V.HARDAS, J.) amj/wp2786.10