( 1. ) THE petitioner is a resident of Bhopal and has filed this writ petition as Public Interest Litigation. He has stated in the writ petition that the Municipal Corporation, Bhopal, respondent No. 1, has adopted a resolution to install 50 gantries and 200-road signages at different locations in the city of Bhopal. He has further stated that these gantries and road signages are to be installed by private agencies, which will be allowed to place advertisements on such gantries. The petitioner apprehends that such advertisements placed on the gantries will divert the concentration of the vehicle drivers while driving and consequently will cause road accidents. The petitioner has accordingly prayed for a direction to the respondents not to erect such gantries either directly or through any private advertising agencies.

( 2. ) ON 2-5-2006, the Court while issuing notice in the writ petition passed an interim order that in the meanwhile, the respondents shall ensure that no reception gate (gantry) for the purpose of advertisement will be erected on the main roads. Thereafter, M/s Shreenathjee Infrastructure Investments filed I. A. No. 3749/2006 to intervene in the writ petition