IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14398 of 2008 Date of Decision: 20.08.2008 Dev Raj ..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents Present : Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate and Mr. Anurag Jain, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl. A.G. Haryana for respondents No. 1 to 3 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT ***** T.S.Thakur, Chief Justice (Oral) In this petition filed in public interest, the petitioner has prayed for a mandamus directing respondents No.1 to 3 to replace/reinstall passenger lifts at Mini Secretariat, Hisar and to arrange uninterrupted electricity to the said lifts for use by the general public. When the petition came up for admission on 18.8.2008 before us, Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl. A.G. Haryana was directed to accept notice and take instructions whether government had taken any steps for sanctioning the amount required for making the lifts in question functional. CWP No. 14398 of 2008 [2] Mr. Malik has today filed a copy of an order dated 19.8.2008 issued by the Government of Haryana sanctioning an expenditure of Rs. 54,54,000/- for replacement/modernization of the lifts in question. He submits on instructions of Executive Engineer (Electrical), Hisar that lifts in question would not be amenable to repair work as they are fairly old having been installed in 1972 and shall, therefore, have to be replaced by new lifts. He submits that the replacement work shall be expedited to ensure that the new lifts are put in operation, within a period of seven months. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with a direction that respondents shall take immediate steps for replacement of the lifts in question as expeditiously as possible but not later than seven months from today. No costs. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (SURYA KANT) 20.08.2008 JUDGE 'ravinder'