H!GH COURT OF CHHA’H‘ISGARH AT BILASPUR {Division Bench) Ooram: Hon’blc Shn' dagciish Bhalla, Ag.C;J. 85 Hon’blé Shri Satish K. Agnihotn’, J. Writ Pafition No. 6221 of 2005 Petitioner Varsus Respandmits 1 . South Eastern Central Railway rcprcscntcd by the Genaral Mmager, Bilaspur. State of Chhattisgm‘h, representmi by its $ecmtary, Department of Revenue, Manualaya, D;K.SV Bhawau, RaipuMCG—J GFFICE REFEREHCE REG!STERED AS WRIT PETITOH §PILI Gifamm and ‘ athers, Bilaspur (0.6.) Shli Ni Asgar, Advocate appears as Am'icus Curiae. Shn' P. Diwakar, Senior Advocate with Shxi P. R. Pafankar, Advocate appears for the Railways] respondent No. 1. Shn' A. S. Kachwaha, Govt. Advocate for the respondent No. 2/ State. ORAL ORDER (Passeo on thiss 9th (my of October, 20$7) The following owl order of the Court is gassed by Hon’ble Shi'i Jagdish Bhalla, Acting CJ. This is a public intereet litigation of those who are residing parallel to the railway lines and have no place to stay, including lepmsy patients also. Learned counsel for the Railways infonns that the petitioners and others have encroached upon the railway land and Without any legal right vested in them are staying there. Though we iindyforce in the argument, however, we cannot record any such finding. On the issue 0f lsprosy patients, we called upon ths mforxns State and this ths Cant: harmed that thars GQvarmuent is a centre Adv-(mate at Raipur vexy aad mly the afomsaid lepmsy patients would be adjustéd them. pared after pfoper id€nf§iicatiou 0f b€ providad to patients and a copy cf the sam€ ailway Authoritiea who ma have bean agreed. to issue free railway passes to enable all Raiimr. As suggested, le such patients to go to to identit3r the leproey patients t a xepresemative £11 the area of in the queetisn Sfate to an go stands (lisposed of. We apineoiate the Shri Mi Asgar, oiily iaside the Court but to visit the collect some data t6 Bar are asset to valuame time given by Shm’ Ali some money as well t eoHect the data, as refened to hereinab womd suttice cheumstances of Cmiae to he Rs. Well. We do acoorditigly, The State s payment is made Within a tbrtnight. f ‘ \> 23. 10.2007 aild to verity the list This public interest h'tigatio 226 of the Constimtion of I raised in it. 0f leprosy patieats. x1 is peadmg for last two years 811d we are 0f the epim'en that this Court under Article opiates that ne further interference is wan’ajlted‘ Aecording? l‘, the wn‘t Petition gesture of learned Amieus Curiae Advocate who has given valuable time not area in question and assist this Court. Such Members of the the administration of justice. Besides Asgar, we find that he spent ‘ irom his own pocket to visit the site and ove. [nteiest ofjustioe if we,‘ after taking into consideration the the ease, assess the fee of learaed Amieus I7,OOO/~ which includes his expenses as hail eiisure that the to to R Sm; Sau'sh x. Agnihotri i Sd/— Thamr Acting Chief Justice Judge t 7