( 1 ) [ed. facts. Indian Rlys. had a system of granting passes to its employees for free travel with some limitations. A practice had grown of kingly power of Rly. Minister and his Deputy Minister of giving free passes to anyone they liked and this discretion was being widely abused. Also in 1997, two Memos were issued allowing members of Rly. Board, serving or retired to free passes in ACC for any place without any limitation. Petitioner challenged these as unconstitutional. She also prayed for direction for better facilities to ordinary passengers. In the reply, Govt. enumrated several steps at had taken for improvement of services. The Court and petitioner were satisfied. ] After detailing above, Judgement proceeds:

( 2 ) THE network of the Indian Railways is perhaps the largest in the world. Majority of our countrymen depend on Railways for their transportation. The urgency and need of implementing the recommendations of the high-level committee appointed by the Ministry of Railways at the instance of this court, can hardly be over-emphasized. The recommendation must be implemented as early as possible. It is also imperative to supervise and oversee the implementa