Himachal Pradesh High Court today directed the Secretary of Union Road Transport and Highway and Regional Officer of Road Transport and Highway and State Government to file a status report along with reply on or before Feb 27, 2016.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan passed these orders on a petition taken up suo motu by the Court as Public Interest Litigation on a news item published in newspapers in the year 2014 regarding illegal encroachment on the road side along Kalka – Shimla highway.
The High Court directed State government to file a fresh status report in terms of the order passed by the court regarding the encroachment on both sides of Kalka – Shimla highway.
