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W.P.(C)3888/2016&CM No.16517/2016
NARENDRA SHARMA Petitioner
Through Petitioner in person
Through Mr.Gautam Narayan, ASC(Civil)for GNCTD.
Mr.Mukesh Gupta, Standing Counsel fbrtheSDMC/lC5
HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JAYANT NATH
06.05.2016 CM Nos.16517/2016(exemption)
Allowed,subjectto allJustexceptions.
ORDER
1. This public interest petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents to remove the encroachments from the roads mentioned therein and to restore the width ofthe said roadsto the original width.
2. Mr.Gautam Narayan, the learned ASC appearing for the GNCTD/respondents 1 to 4 has at the outset pointed out that some ofthe roads mentioned in the writ petition are situated within the jurisdiction of South Delhi Municipal Corporation(SDMC). Since SDMC is not arrayed as a respondent to the present petition, we hereby implead SDMC as respondentNo.5.The amended memo ofparties be filed bythe petitioner. 2016:DHC:8912
3. Mr.Mukesh Gupta,the learned Standing Counselfor SDMC accepted noticefor the impleaded respondent No.5.
4. Having heard the learned counsel for both the parties and having regard to the nature ofthe cause soughtto be espoused in the writ petition, we consider it appropriate to dispose ofthe writ petition with a direction to the respondent Nos.[1] to 5 to look into the issues raised in this petition by treating the same as a representation and take appropriate action following due process oflaw for removal ofencroachments.
CHIEF JUSTICE JAYANT NATH,J.