IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWPIL No. 287 of 2017 Decided on: 06.08.2019 Court on its own motion …Petitioner Versus National Highway Authority of India …Respondents and others Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Chief Justice.

The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anoop Chitkara, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Court on its own motion.

For the respondents: Mr. K.D. Shreedhar, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate, for respondent No. 1.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General of India, for respondent No. 2.

Mr. Ashok Sharma, Advocate General, with M/s. J.K. Verma, Adarsh K. Sharma, Ashwani K. Sharma and Nand Lal Thakur, Additional Advocates General, for respondents No. 3 to 6, 8 and 11.

1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

Mr. Divya Raj Singh, Advocate, for None for respondent No. 13.

Mr. J.S. Bhogal, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Tarunjeet Singh Bhogal, Advocate, for M/s. P.K. Construction Shimla Pvt.

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V. Ramasubramanian , Chief Justice. (Oral)

This Public Interest Litigation is an off-shoot of a writ petition filed by a private individual in CWP No. 1299 of 2016. Though, CWP No. 129