GITA MITTAL, J.

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another” - Mahatma Gandhi

1. Two litigations, in two separate jurisdictions of this court, one being FAO(OS) No.200/2017 having originated as a civil suit being CS(OS)No.493/2016 dated 3rd October, 2016 on the Original Side of this court, and the second being a writ petition W.P.(C)No.365/2016 dated 24th December, 2016, filed in January, 2017 in public interest, are both concerned with the same road referred to as ‘W-12D Link Road’.

2. This road is alleged, by the plaintiffs in the suit, to be about 30 feet wide, as also being the access road connecting Indira Enclave, Neb Sarai to the Mehrauli – Badarpur Road from the Western Avenue, Sainik Farms; Sangam Vihar and Saket, New Delhi.

3. Diametrically opposite prayers regarding the same road, have been made in these two cases. Inasmuch as identical questions of law and fact arise, in order to prevent conflict of judgment, with the consent and assistance of all parties to the two cases, we