1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 382 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision:- 13.12.2010 Court of its own motion. ......Petitioner Vs Union of India. ......Respondent CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present: Mr. Madan Pal, Advocate, for Mr. Raman Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Puneet Jindal, Advocate, for the respondent. * * * * RANJAN GOGOI, J (ORAL) C.M. No. 17523 of 2010 Allowed. Affidavit filed on behalf of Mr. S.K. Sharma, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Coordination, Delhi Division, Northern Railway, State Entry Road, New Delhi is taken on record. CWP No. 382 of 2010 This writ petition has been registered suo-moto on the basis of a news item published in the Times of India dated 05.01.2010 with regard to provision of infrastructure at Taj Nagar Station which has been declared and recognized as a 'halt station' by the railway authorities. 2 By order dated 15.07.2010, this Court had identified the following to be the minimum facilities required at the halt station:- (a) A rail level platform; (b) A booking office-cum-waiting shed; (c) Lighting arrangements where trains stop at night; and (d) Planting of shady trees. The Railways were directed to file an affidavit with regard to the plans to provide the aforesaid minimum facilities at the halt station. Pursuant to the aforesaid order of this Court an affidavit dated 07.12.2010 has been filed by the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Coordination, Delhi Division, Northern Railway. In so far as facilities mentioned against serial Nos. (a), (b) and (d) are concerned, it is stated in para 4 of the affidavit that all the said facilities will be made available latest by 31.03.2011. In fact, according to the Railways, the aforesaid facilities are already existing and lighting arrangements will be made available on or before 31.03.2011. In the aforesaid paragraph of the affidavit it is also stated that the existing rail level platform will be made a pucca/concrete rail level platform latest by 30.09.2011 after making provision in the budget for the year 2011- 2012. A reading of the affidavit filed on behalf of the Railways would indicate that steps have been taken to provide the minimum facilities at the halt station some of which are already existing and some will be further upgraded latest by 31.03.2011. In so far as the platform is concerned, the Railways have undertaken to convert the 3 same into a pucca/concrete platform latest by 30.09.2011. In view of the steps taken by the Railways in terms of the orders of this Court and the undertaking made before the Court in respect of the conversion of the platform to a pucca/concrete platform latest by 30.09.2011, we are of the view that nothing further survives for consideration in this writ petition. Writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Railways to implement the undertaking made before the Court within the time-frame as already mentioned. (RANJAN GOGOI) JUDGE (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE 13.12.2010 Amodh