COCP No. 610 of 2009 1 In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … COCP No. 610 of 2009 Date of decision: August 25, 2009 Dinesh Goel son of D.K.Goel ..Petitioners Versus Vikas Garg, IAS, D.C.Ludhiana ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.Rakesh Bhatia, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. M.C.Berry, Addl.A.G.Punjab for the respondent ,,, Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. As per the averments made in this petition,the petitioner who is a Public Spirited Person filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions of this court invoking extra ordinary jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India to the respondent to act upon his representation(attached as Annexure P-4 with the writ petition) in which he requested the respondent to act and perform the statutory duties and deploy the police outside the temples in the locality i.e. B.R.S Nagar, Ludhiana and also to upgrade the security in the areas where the religious places are situated in the residential area and not to allow any vehicles to be parked in the vicinity of 100 yards of temples so that every citizen feel secure while coming to the temples to pay obeisance. The aforesaid Civil Writ Petition No. 17692 of 2008 was disposed of by this court vide its order dated 4.10.2008 with the direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana to examine representation (attached as Annexure P-4 with the writ petition) made by the petitioner and to take all such steps which were necessary to prevent any untoward incident in the area in question. COCP No. 610 of 2009 2 It is the further case of the petitioner that he supplied the copy of the order dated 4.10.2008 passed by this court along with the copy of the writ petition to the respondent on 23.10.2008. However, no action was taken by the respondent. The petitioner also submitted a representation dated 20.11.2008 to the respondent to seek information for the action initiated by him in compliance of the orders passed by this court. The petitioner also issued contempt notices dated 2.12.2008 and 3.3.2009 to the respondent. The grievance of the petitioner in this contempt petition is that despite directions passed by this court and the representation/notices issued by him, the respondent has failed to take any action and thus has violated the order dated 4.10.2008 passed by this court making him liable to be punished for committing contempt of this court. In response to the show cause notice issued by this court, reply by way of an affidavit of Shri Vikas Garg,IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana has been filed in which, it has been submitted that in pursuance of the order passed by this court in CWPNo.17692 of 2008, he had given directions to Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana vide his letter dated 4.11.2008 (Annexure R- 1 attached with the reply) to take necessary steps for implementation of the directions of this court and the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana vide his letter dated 25.3.2009 (Annexure R-2 attached with the reply) had assured that necessary steps have been taken and in fact the petitioner was satisfied with the security arrangements made by him with regard to the security of temples in his statement (Annexure R-3) made to the police. It is also submitted that in his letter, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana has also mentioned that in the temples D.F.M.D. have been installed and security guards are deployed and the P.C.R. Motorcycles are keeping constant watch on the temples and thus, no further action was required to be taken on the application of the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid facts as submitted in the reply of respondent, this court is satisfied that the compliance of the order dated COCP No. 610 of 2009 3 4.10.2008 passed by this court has been made and there is no violation on the part of respondent of the aforesaid orders. Thus, this petition is without any merit and the same is dismissed. Rule discharged. August 25, 2009 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) nk JUDGE