Ajay Kumar Mittal, J.

1. The petitioner-Arrive Safe Society of Chandigarh through its President by way of instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India prays for a direction to the respondents to make a provision in the upcoming Excise Policy for the year 2018-19 regarding issuance of computerized bills at all liquor vends across the States of Haryana and Punjab, prior to the auction of liquor vends for the next financial year.

2. A few facts relevant for the decision of the controversy involved as narrated in the petition may be noticed. The Arrive Safe Society is an Indian NGO working on developing road safety programmes to increase knowledge, awareness and skills amongst all types of road users. Besides educating the youth about liquor abuse, it also works closely with the traffic police department to improve the law enforcement regarding drunken driving. On account of constant efforts put in by the petitioner with no private interests, the Supreme Court directed the removal of liquor vends from all National and State Highways in order to curb the menace of free availability of liquor and reduce the number of deaths due to drunken driving. Not onl