1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 175 OF 2007 Navi Mumbai Action Committee & Ors. ...Petitioners Versus City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. Akhilesh Dubey i/by M/s. M. Tripathi & Co. for the Petitioners Mr. G.S. Hegde with Mr. C.M. Lokesh i/by M/s. G.S. Hegde & Associates for Respondent No. 1 Mr. A.A. Garje for Respondent No. 2 Mr. P.M. Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for Respondents No. 3 and 4 Mrs. A.R.S. Baxi for Respondent No. 5. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE: APRIL 2, 2008 P.C.:- We had passed a detailed order on March 4, 2008. As a consequence of that order, an affidavit was filed by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra. 2 2. The grievance of the petitioners was that a piece of land, which was earmarked as a park in Gansholi, Sector 2, Navi Mumbai, has been encroached upon by various encroachers, and no steps were being taken by the concerned respondents to remove the encroachments. This position was not disputed by the respondents, but certain difficulties were expressed by the Departments about the removal of the encroachers, and we had found that one wing of the Government was blaming another wing. Therefore, we found it appropriate to direct the Chief Secretary to look into the matter, convene a meeting of all concerned wings, and then fix a schedule for removal of encroachments. The affidavit has been filed by the Chief Secretary after convening the meeting, and he has given a table in his affidavit, which has fixed the time for each step, leading to eviction / rehabilitation. 3. When this affidavit was filed on the last occasion, we had directed the learned Assistant Government Pleader to apprise the Chief Secretary of the fact that the time fixed by him will not be subject to any change or modification in future, and that if the schedule is not adhered to, he will be personally responsible. On instructions, he submits that 3 the schedule will be adhered to, and no further time will be sought from this Court. 4. In this view of the matter, we accept the affidavit filed by the Chief Secretary, and dispose of this PIL with the direction that the schedule fixed by the Chief Secretary for various steps shall be adhered to, and the eviction / rehabilitation shall be completed by 30th December, 2008 - the date fixed by the Chief Secretary himself. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.P. DESHPANDE, J.