ORDER :- This is a Public Interest Litigation alleging that the mandatory provisions of the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and the Public Liability Insurance Rules, 1991 made thereunder are not being complied with by Respondents 1 to 11.

2. The petitioner who claims to be the Founder of the Forum for Traffic Safety and Environmental Sanitation has alleged that a number of fire accidents have taken place in the Ordnance Factories located in the State of Madhya Pradesh. He has alleged that several accidents have also taken place during storage and transportation of arms and ammunition from the said Ordnance Factories to places outside the State of Madhya Pradesh. He has stated that as a result of such accidents, there have been huge losses of life and property. Some of these accidents have been detailed in the Writ Petition and these are accidents, which took place in March 1988 in the Central Ordnance Depot, Jabalpur, in November, 1992 in the Ordnance Factory, Itarsi, in January, 1993 in the Ordnance Factory, Khamariya, in August, 2001 in the Central Ordnance Depot, Jabalpur, in October 2001 in the Ordnance Factory, Khamariya, in November 2001 in the Ordnance Factory, Itarsi, i

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