JUDGMENT - R.M. LODHA, J.:---Rule. Returnable forthwith. Shri Mujumdar, the learned Assistant Government Pleader, waives service for the respondents. By consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, Rule is called out for hearing at this stage and is finally disposed of.

2.The writ petition is in the nature of public interest litigation. The petitioner claims to be social worker and affiliated to several social organisations working for the welfare of the general public. His grievance is that Nagpur is one of the important cities in the State of Maharashtra and the principal city of Vidarbha region, which also holds winter session of State Legislature. The population of the city is about 25 lacs. The petitioner has averred that considering the scale of population, there is tremendous workload on the courts working at Nagpur and the ratio of disposal of cases in comparison with new cases is very low and, therefore, the rate of pendency is reaching catastrophic proportion. As on 31-3-1999, there were 4300 motor accident claim cases pending before various Tribunals at Nagpur and out of that, about 1500 cases have been instituted on or before the year 1995. The petitioner, as a public

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