( 1 ) ON oral request of the petitioners-parties-in-person, the Director General of Police, Maharashtra State, is impleaded as respondent No. 4 in suo motu Writ petition No. 3 of 2005 and respondent No. 5 in Writ Petition (PIL) No. 259 of 2005.

( 2 ) THESE petitions have been filed in this Court alleging the extremely poor condition of roads in Mumbai leading to many accidents and inconvenience to Mumbaites.

( 3 ) PURSUANT to the directions of this Court, on 26th April, 2005, regarding the respondents preparation to meet coming monsoon, Santosh Korlekar, deputy Chief Engineer (Roads) (E. S.) has filed a detailed affidavit. It is mentioned in the affidavit that number of meetings have been held of the assistant Commissioners and the concerned Road Department Staff for pre-monsoon measures to be taken with regard to roads of Mumbai. Accordingly, it has been decided to repair bad patches and potholes on roads prior to monsoon by using departmental staff working under the Assistant commissioners of the individual wards and contractual agencies working under the Zonal Dy. Chief Engineer (Roads ). It is mentioned in the affidavit that proposal for appointment of the contractual a