Sanjay Uttam Houde And ORS v. The Divisional Railway Manager, Commercial Branch, Central Railway, Solapur Division And ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 152 OF 2014 Sanjay Uttam Houde and others ...

Petitioners V/s.

The Divisional Railway Manager and another ...

Respondents.

Ms. Devpriya Kukharjee i/b Ms. Gayatri Singh for Petitioners Mr. J. J. Pandian for Respondent no. 1 CORAM :

NARESH H. PATIL AND V.L. ACHLIYA, JJ.

DATED :

27th March 2015.

P.C.

1) Heard. Petitioners are challenging the communication and policy of the Railway Board framed in the year 2002 and the notices issued in the year 2011 & 2014 against petitioner no. 1 & 2. From the pleading, it transpires that Petitioners no. 1 & 2 who were running a telephone booth at the railway station were evicted. They are not in a possession now of the telephone booth. Petitioners claim to be physically handicapped persons, whereas petitioner no. 3 submitted that he is still running the booth.

2/2 9.152.14 PIL.sxw 2) We have perused the record and considered the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner. We do not find a good cause for entertaining the petition as Public Interest Litigation. If advised, petitioner may resort to appropriate alternate remedies in respect of the subject matter of the petition. WE do not express any opinion on the merits of the issues raised by the petitioner herein. 3) Writ petition stands disposed of.

(V.L. ACHLIYA, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.) ism