IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 16332 OF 2007(O&M) DATE OF DECISION: November 04, 2008. Parties Name Jatinder Mohan and others ..PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Haryana and another ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Manohar Lal, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl. A.G., Haryana, for the respondents. 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? T.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE (oral) JUDGMENT CM No. 21391 of 2008: Allowed subject to just exceptions. CM No. 21401 of 2008 Written-statement on behalf of respondents No. 1 and 2 is taken on record. Application stands disposed of. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 16332 OF 2007 -2- This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a direction to the respondents to remove the encroachment made by the District administration on a piece of land, which, according to the petitioners, was a part of the road under the Master Plan for Ambala City. The respondents have filed a reply, inter alia, stating that there was an encroachment on a part of the road on account of the construction of a boundary wall of Old Age Home at Ambala. The said encroachment has, however, been removed, the wall demolished and the encroached portion amalgamated with the road width. Learned counsel for the petitioners, however, argues that the respondents are planning to divert the road. We have not been able to appreciate that contention, particularly when it is not in dispute that the road running through Navneet Nagar is admittedly 40 ft. wide from one end to the other. Even if the road is not straight, as originally planned, so long as the road remains free from any encroachment and is available for vehicular and pedestrian traffic with the requisite width, we see no reason to issue any direction in public interest in this petition, which fails and is hereby dismissed. No costs. ( T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (JASBIR SINGH) November 04, 2008. JUDGE DKC