IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 17764 of 2005 Date of Decision: 11.12.2008 Rajan Goel and another ..Petitioners versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Arvind Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. B.S.Rana, Addl. A.G. Haryana for respondents No.1, 3,5 and 6 Mr. C.B.Goel, Advocate for respondent No. 4 ***** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a mandamus directing the respondents to remove all the illegal encroachments from public roads within the Municipal Council limits of Ambala City and in particular the road leading from Aggarsain Chowk to Railway Road and to Shukul Kund Road. It is alleged that on account of unauthorised and illegal encroachments over different parts of the said roads, the actual road width available for the vehicular traffic has got considerably narrowed down. A prayer directing the respondents not to allow any construction without approval of respondent No. 3 District Town Planner has also been made. CWP No. 17764 of 2005 [2] After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the parties agree that since this Court has in Civil Writ Petition No. 4886 of 2003 disposed of on 4.10.2008, dealt with almost identical issues arising in relation to the areas falling within the Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana and on a comprehensive consideration of the problem of unauthorised and illegal encroachments, issued certain directions to the authorities including the State Government, the present writ petition could also be disposed of on similar terms with identical directions. Keeping in view the nature of the controversy and the fact that the burden of grievance made in the writ petition remains confined to removal of encroachments from public areas, which have been discussed by this Court at some length in the writ petition mentioned above, we see no reason why the directions issued in the said decision, cannot be made applicable to the present case also. We accordingly dispose of this writ petition on the terms set out in para No.11 of the decision rendered in Civil Writ Petition No. 4886 of 2003 with all such modifications as are necessary by context. We make it clear that State of Punjab and Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana referred to in the said decision shall in the present case be read as State of Haryana and Municipal Council, Ambala City. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (JASBIR SINGH) JUDGE 11.12.2008 'ravinder'