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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 5743

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR. SOUMEN SEN, CJ, MR. SYAM KUMAR V.M., J
PRASAD SOMARAJAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.A.ARUNA
For the Respondents: SHRI.LEJO JOSEPH GEORGE, SRI.E.C.KURIAKOSE, SRI.V.TEKCHAND-SR.GP

Table of Content
1. acknowledgment of compliance and ongoing issues. (Para 2)
2. closure of the writ petition while preserving petitioner rights. (Para 3)

JUDGMENT SYAM KUMAR V.M., J.

This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner primarily raising concerns regarding the pedestrians facilities alongside the roads and for ancillary reliefs, highlighting the shortcomings in maintaining the standards prescribed by the manual issued by the Indian Road congress. This Court, had through various interim orders passed from time to time, taken note of the compliances effected and, vide order dated 06.01.2026, in the context of the mobile application based grievance redressal mechanism of the NHAI, directed as follows:

“The learned Standing Counsel for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has tendered a memo indicating the publicity given to the mobile phone application developed by the NHAI regarding the shortfalls in maintaining the standards prescribed by the Indian Roads Congress. The learned counsel for the Petitioners in both the writ petitions point out that, certain aspects still need to be addressed. Firstly, the mobile application refers only to pedestrians and not to th

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