( 1 ) THIS judgment will dispose of above noted four writ petitions seeking directions to the respondents concerning Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station (for short Railway Station) alleging that it was a small transitory intra-city station, with no trains terminating or originating therefrom; however, during the recent past has become major terminal station with several trains originating and terminating at this station, in gross violation of the provisions of Master Plan 2001 AD; and that at present about 80,000 passengers visit this station every day, endangering life and safety of the residents of the locality, causing irreparable loss and damage to the protected national monuments like Humayun Tomb and Neela Gumbad situated in the vicinity. Facts in brief in each of the petitions are as under:

( 2 ) ON 14th December, 1993, Nizamuddin East Colony Association filed the present writ against Union of_lndia. Government of NCT, the Railways and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (for short the respondents) seeking directions against the respondents to widen Nizamuddin Colony road and to make it a two way traffic zone for convenient traffic flow in the area from Rajdoot Hotel, B