IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 9997 of 2008 Date of Decision: 15.07.2009 Mehar Singh ..Petitioner versus Union of India and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present : None for the petitioner Mr. O.S.Batalvi, Advocate for respondent No.1 Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondents No.2 and 3. ***** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a mandamus directing the respondents to erect a sign board showing the direction of the road from Ropar to Nangal via Nurpur Bedi which according to the petitioner is a newly constructed road and provides a shorter road link between Ropar and Nangal cities. When the matter came up for hearing before us on 16.12.2008, no one appeared for the petitioner nor was any copy of the petition served upon M/S Batalvi and Madhu Dayal, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab appearing for respondents No.1 to 3. Even today, no one appears for the petitioner, although an adjournment slip has been filed on the personal ground of counsel for the petitioner. CWP No. 9997 of 2008 [2] Keeping in view, however, the limited prayer which the petitioner has made, namely a direction to the respondents to erect a sign board, we consider it unnecessary to keep the present petition pending on our board. The proper course in our opinion is to direct that the Principal Secretary, PWD (B&R), Government of Punjab, shall treat the writ petition as a representation from the petitioner for providing a proper sign board showing the directions and the road distance from Ropar to Nangal via Nurpur Bedi. Needless to say that if sign boards are provided by any statutory or other Authority other than that under the control of the State of Punjab, the Secretary shall take up the matter with the concerned agency and have the same examined and appropriate order on the subject passed expeditiously but not later than six months from the date a copy of the order is received by the Secretary. With the above observation, the petition is disposed off. No costs. A copy of the writ petition altogether a copy of this order shall be forwarded to the Principal Secretary, PWD (B&R), Government of Punjab, for compliance. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) JUDGE 15.07.2009 'ravinder'