Revati Mohite Dere, J.

1. This Public Interest Litigation filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India raises certain important questions with regard to the toilet facilities for `women walking on the streets'. The petitioners had initially preferred this PIL only against the Pune Municipal Corporation and its Officers and certain reliefs/directions were sought against the Pune Municipal Corporation. The reliefs sought were a writ of mandamus or writ in the nature of mandamus or appropriate direction to the Pune Municipal Corporation to provide and maintain latrines, privies and urinals and other similar conveniences for the women walking on the streets, in Pune, at appropriate and convenient locations; and for a direction to the respondent Pune Municipal Corporation to acquire land/property under the Land Acquisition Act or under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, or alternatively to use the property vested in the Corporation for the purpose of achieving the objects set out in prayer clause (A) of the PIL. Considering the issues raised in the present PIL, this Court vide order dated 1st August, 2014 permitted the petitioners to amend the petition and