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TN TTItr SUF'REI'IE COURT OF INDIA CIVIIJ EXTRAORDIIIATI.Y .J'UIIILiDIC'I'ION CIVIL WRIT PE'IITIO}I NO. I .Z OF 206. In the matter of t COMMON CAUSE ( a negist,ered Society) UNION OF INDIA. Versus ... PEBITIONER. . . . RBSPONDntrT INDEX SR. t'IR PARTICULARS PAGES L. Lj.st of Dat,es and Synopsls A, B & C. 2. i.'{rit tretj.tj.on alongi.rj.th Affidavit in support. 1 7 3. AI'Ii.tD(LlRE uRr 3/4,th page Advertisement, appeared on 11-l- L-})OZ j.n Indian Express B arrd Hindustan Tjmesr arid again L3th & 19th November, 2002(in colour) j.n Hindust an Tirnes. 4. AI{\iEXURE trBrr FUII-page Advertlsement, appeared on L2-Lt-200 j-n HJ.ndust,an Tjrnes. 5. ANNEXURE rrcrr FulI page Advertisemen'b, 10 appeared on 14-l-L-2OO2 in Hj-ndustan Tjrnes and TiJses of Indla. 6. AI{!.IEXLJRE trDr Half-page Advert,lsernen! LL appeared on 14-1L-20O2 ln Hindustan- Titnes. 7. AltrNEy.tmE rrE[ Half-page Advertisement, Lz appeared on 1-4-1L-2OQ2 in Hindustan Times (in colour). 8. ANNBXTIRE rrFrr l{alf-page Advertisement,, ]-3 appear€rd on L4-11-2OO2 in I-lindust,an T.lmes. 9, ANNEICInE IGrr t/Ath-aage Advert j-sernent, L4 appeared on 19-11-2002 ln Ftindustan Times. 10. Alii'tBI('URE rrHrr t/4tfr-paqe Advertlsement- 15 appeared on L9-1 I-2OOZ in l{industan ' Times and Indlan Express. l-1. AIINB)CLJRB ttItt L/ ttr-paEe Advertiscnent , 16 appeared on L9-i-L-2002 j"n Flj.nciustan Iirnes and Ti-rnes of India. !2. ANNBXURE rJ-[ l/4th-page Advertisement, L7 appeared on 19-11-200 j.n Hindustan Tlmes and Tirnes of Indla. 13. r${l.IEXuF.E,rl(.r full-page Jrdvertisenrent" 18 appeared on 19-l_1-2002 In l.J-mes of India and also appeared in (suppternent of B par;es) of Incliern Express. contd.......

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  • TN TTItr SUF'REI'IE COURT OF INDIACIVIIJ EXTRAORDIIIATI.Y .J'UIIILiDIC'I'ION

    CIVIL WRIT PE'IITIO}I NO. I .Z OF 206.In the matter of tCOMMON CAUSE( a negist,ered Society)

    UNION OF INDIA.Versus

    ... PEBITIONER.

    . . . RBSPONDntrT

    INDEX

    SR. t'IR PARTICULARS PAGES

    L. Lj.st of Dat,es and Synopsls A, B & C.2. i.'{rit tretj.tj.on alongi.rj.th

    Affidavit in support. 1 73. AI'Ii.tD(LlRE uRr 3/4,th page Advertisement,

    appeared on 11-l- L-})OZ j.n Indian Express Barrd Hindustan Tjmesr arid again L3th &19th November, 2002(in colour) j.nHindust an Tirnes.

    4. AI{\iEXURE trBrr FUII-page Advertlsement,appeared on L2-Lt-200 j-n HJ.ndust,an Tjrnes.

    5. ANNEXURE rrcrr FulI page Advertisemen'b, 10appeared on 14-l-L-2OO2 in Hj-ndustan Tjrnesand TiJses of Indla.

    6. AI{!.IEXLJRE trDr Half-page Advert,lsernen! LLappeared on 14-1L-20O2 ln Hindustan-Titnes.

    7. AltrNEy.tmE rrE[ Half-page Advertisement, Lzappeared on 1-4-1L-2OQ2 in HindustanTimes (in colour).

    8. ANNBXTIRE rrFrr l{alf-page Advertisement,, ]-3appearrd on L4-11-2OO2 in I-lindust,anT.lmes.

    9, ANNEICInE IGrr t/Ath-aage Advert j-sernent, L4appeared on 19-11-2002 ln FtindustanTimes.

    10. Alii'tBI('URE rrHrr t/4tfr-paqe Advertlsement- 15appeared on L9-1 I-2OOZ in l{industan 'Times and Indlan Express.

    l-1. AIINB)CLJRB ttItt L/ ttr-paEe Advertiscnent , 16appeared on L9-i-L-2002 j"n Flj.nciustanIirnes and Ti-rnes of India.

    !2. ANNBXURE rJ-[ l/4th-page Advertisement, L7appeared on 19-11-200 j.n HindustanTlmes and Tirnes of Indla.

    13. r${l.IEXuF.E,rl(.r full-page Jrdvertisenrent" 18appeared on 19-l_1-2002 In l.J-mes ofIndia and also appeared in (suppternentof B par;es) of Incliern Express.

    contd.......

  • SR. NR. PTRTICIILARS PAGES

    14. AI{NE}CUREappearedof Delhl

    rLn Copy of the ArtlcLeJ,n tbe OIJTLOOK magazlne( dabed L8*1L-2002)T9

    Pet ibloner

    FI ace: NewDat,ed:

    IleIhl..

    e,-\;*hourle )Director, COMMON CAUSE

  • I,IST OF DATBS AI'TD SYITOPSIS

    Honrble Court wl.ll have observed that, l.n recent,years there has been a spate of big-slzed, fulL-page and half-page advertJ,sements praced ln newspapersby different, Mlnistrles of the Central Governmentas well by t,he $t ate Government,sr ost,enslbly forproJecting the Smage of polj-ticlans, utJ.lJ.slngoccasions of varlous types such as comrnemorationof a depart,ed leader, encouxaging rural handlcraft s,openlng of a new bridge or road or rallwayconnet:tlon, or I ay.lng foundatlon-stone of bul.ldlng,et'c. These big-slzed advertlsements are quJ.tefrequentry belng placed in neurspapers,ln dlfferentlanguages, all over the country.

    Petit,ioner f eels that pro ject,irrg the Lmage oft,he pollticlans, whose photographs are alsopromlnent'ry dlsplayed in these advertlsements, andof thelr polit,lcal partJ.es, J.s obvlously thesole purpose of these blg-sized advertLsement. If,for lnstance, people have Lo be lnvit,ed t,o thef unct,lon of a foundatlon-laylng ceremony or abrldge openlng ceremony thls purpose can wellbe served by sendlng J-nvlt,at,ions or even throughbeat of drums ln t,he area where the ceremonyhas to be performed, lnstead of pracing advertlse-ment, rerated to the event,, dlspr.ryed in newspapersln other parts of the country. Governmentalfunct,ioning and achlevements can, where necessary,be proJected through medium of radlo and TV.Peti-tloner has secured i-nformation t,haL eachfull-page advertlsement (black anrl white) iJt

  • a widely clrculated newspaper costs aboutlis 6. O0 I akh to lts 8. OO I akh ( advertlsement printedJ.n colour cost s upt,o about fts L5 . 00 I akh ) , andhalf

    -page advertisement cost s about lb 4. O0 I alctrto I{s 5. U0 } akh. on cert, aj-n days 2 t,o 3such fuII-page half-page advertisement,s appearln newspapf,s r Tot aI nurnber of advert lsement s ofvarious slzes whlctr appeared ln t,hree newspapersof Delhi J-n, one rnreek, were i.8 ( det,ails furnlshedon top of each of the A t,o K). These lgadvert.lsements of varlous sizes t,ot,aI upto LZ fulI-page advertlsement s. Taking t,he tot al of LZ full-page advertlsements appearing in one week, ln threenewspapers, t,he average comes to f our f uII

    -pageadvertisement,s in one newspaper j.n a week.Assuning that there are only 5O0 newspapers andmagazines ln the country, printed in varlouslanguages, which is obviously a conservative figure,the average total of fulI-page advertisements ofthis nature appearing l-n one year will be 4 x 500 x50 ( approxirnate number of weeks ln a fear) = 200 x500 = L,00,000. Cost of full-page advertisement lnnewspaper of wlde clrculatlon ranging from Rs 6.00 1akht'o I?s 8'00 rakh, even if we take the average cost ofRs 2.00 }akh, the totar expenditure on r.,00,000 f ull-page a.dvertlsements will be Rs 2r00r000 x Lr00,000= Rs 2000 crores. This much cost, is lncurred bythe centre and states with t,he prtmary purpose apparentlyto project the lmage of porlticians and t,helr partles.Petlt'ioner feels that such actj-on on the part of centrarGovernment and St ate covernments arnount,s 1nf act mlsutilLsat,ion of publlc funds whlch canbe more gaj.nfully utillsed for betterment, of

  • nnexuresAtoK

    I5.f e of t,he people.

    The attacfied Annexures A to K are photo-coplesof such adverElsement,s whlctr appeared Ln aboutone week jJr November, 2OO2, some of t,hem lncolour. Relevant, det all s lncluding t,he numberof tlmes part,lcular advertisement,s appearedr havebeen typed on the op of each Annexures.

    Pet, j-tloner tras f elt that 5-n deal ing wit,h thlsmatter there is no alternative exceptj.ng toapproach the Honr ble Court wit,h the prayer thatdlrections may be lssued t,o the Cent,ral Governmentto lnitlat,e steps to determine as to how thJ.stype of expendlture can best be minimlsed 1nrelation to t,he Cent,ral Government as well asthe state Governments, and that initlatlve shouldbe t alcen by the Cent,ral Government, to aI sopersuade tl:e $tabe Governments to Lake approprlatestepso Petitioner has named only one Respondentin the Petltion, namely, the Secretary of theunion Ministry of rnformatlon and Broadcasting, underwhictr Dlrectorate of Audio visuar pubriclt,y funct,ions,lnsLead of burdenlng the fire also wj-th Respondent sof st, ate Government s along wlth any ot,her I'tlnlstrlesof the Central Government.Hence t,his t{rit pet itlon.

    XXXXXXXX

  • tIN. THE S-UBRtrME COURT OF INDIAcrvrrJ E4TR4o,RprlLAIr.Y_,JURr.$pr qi' roN.

    WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. OF 20Q2,

    In the matter of ICO}4MON CAUSE( a negisLered Society)A-3L, West End,New Dethi 1L0021through j.ts DJ-rector$hrl H. D. Shourl.ei ... PHI'ITIONER.

    VersusUnlon of Indla,Ml-nj.stry of Informatlon and Broadcasting,Shastri Bhawan,New DelhL Ll00lthrough its Secretary.

    PETITION IJT{DER ARTICLE 32 OF THECONSfITUIIO}T OF II'{DIA FOR ISSUANCE OFA WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARIAND/OR MAIIDAT"TUS N{D/OR ANV OTHERDIRECTION, DIRECTING THE IJNION OF INDIAIN THE MINISTRY OF II.dFORMATION ANDBROADCASTING TO DE.f BRI"IINE THE STBPSTHAS CAN BE TAKEN TO CHECK PROFLIGACYIN THE PLACEIVIEI'IT OF BIG-SIZgD ADVERTISEIVIENTSIN Ti"iE NEV'ISPAPERS TCIR PRO.TECTING THEIMAGE OF POLITICIA}{S AND OT POIJITICAIJPARTIE-S, WHICF{ IS BEING $(TEI{SIVELY rcNEBY DIFFERSIT I"III.JISTRI,ES OT THE GOVERNMENTOF INDIA AND ALSO BY TIIE STATE GOVERNME}ITS IINVOI,1rJNG HUGE AI'IOUNTS OF GOVERNMEh{TAIJEDCPM{SES Otr' THE CM{TRAIJ GOVERNMEIIIT AI'ID THESTATE GOVERNI\TENTS I !{FIIC}I CAI.I tsE I.ITIIJISEDTO GREATER ADVASITAGE FOR IMPROVE${ENT OFLI\ENG CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPIJE, IN THECONTE)(I OF THEIR FT]I{DN,1EI{TAL RIGHTSGUARAT'ITEED I-INDER ARTICXJE 2J, oF THECONSTITUfION OF INDIA.

    To

    Honrble The Chlef .Tustlce of IndJ-a and HJ-s LordshipsCornpanicn rfustJ.ces of the Honrble Suprerne Courb of Indla.

    The Humble Petltion of t,he Pet,itloner abovenamed,MOST RESPECf FUIJLY S}{EVTEIIH tL. That the PetLt,ioner J.s a []oclet,y du]y reglsteredunder the Socleties Reglstrat,ion Act, 1860, and J.s

    Contd.. o o.2o

  • r'Fl?tffi{.F\ ;l-ffi'' '' I

    2

    eng aged J.n t aldng up v arious common problems of thepeopLe f or securlng redressal t,hereof . The PetltlonerSoclety has also brought t,o Court varlous constltutlonalproblems. The Petitloner has an establlshed locus st,andlJ.n J.be capaclty as a bonaflde pubLlc lnterest organlsatlonfor talcing up matters of general publle lmportance. ThePetltloner J.s subrnlttlng the present publJ.c J.nterestPet,i.tj.on for conslderation of the Hon'ble Court.z. that, the Petlt,ioner strongly f eels thatlncreaslngly durlng the recent years t,he tendencyhas grown anong polJ-tlc1ans, at the Cent.re as wellas j-n the States, to proJecE through large-scaleadvertLsenents j.n newspapers various tasks undertakenby Lhelr lrJ.nistrj.es and theJ.r governmental functJ'onJ.ng1n general, obvlously for proJecElng the image ofpolJ.ticJ.ans and polJ't,j.cal partJ'es. This tendency hasgrown t,o sueh an e;cEent that almost every few dayst,here are such Iarge-sca1e ( full-page, half-page andquarter-page ) advergisernents ln various importantnewSpapXSr The petltJ.oner has ascertalned that costof these bJ.g advertisements ranges upto about, Rs 6 laltlrst,o Rs I laldrs for eachr full-page advert,lsement ( lnblack and wtrlte ) tn newspapers of wlde clrculatlon,and coruespondlng cost, f or half -page and quarter-pageadvertlsements.

    3. Annexures A t,o K are photo-coples of thef ull-pdgee three quarter-page, half-page and quart,er-page advertisements whlch appeared durlng one weekof NovernJcer, ZOO2, J-n three English newspapers of Delhl,namely, Hlndustan firnes, Tjroes of India and Indian Express. Orrthe top sf each of these Annexures Petj.t, j.oner has

  • 3furnls}ed det ail s of number of t jrnes the a
  • 46. That t,he PeLit,loner does recognise that, polltlcalleaders have t,o resort to such pro jections for ralsJ-ngthelr image as well as the funqe of their partles.The problem that emerges from consideration of th1smatter J.s whettrer the concerned pol1.tlcians can devisesuitable alternatives through which the objectlve ofpro jecti":ag t,heir lrnage may be satisf acborily fulfllledand yet t,he expendlture of present hlgh-level may nothave to be incurred. The Petltloner does not conslderit, necessary to emphaslze that in the conditlons oflnadequacy prevaillng j.n the country J.t would be desirable thatevery effort should be made to utilise government funds t,o themaximum exLent J.n the j.nterest, of rneeting t,he multlfariousessentj-al requlrements of the people.7. That t,he Petitioner conslders that it, would beunavalli-ng for h1m t,o communlcate these views to any governmentalauthorltyr at the Centre or In t,he Stateso They are not, likelyt,o be thus persuaded t,o abstaj.n from plac.ing such costly advertise-ments .in newspapers, Therefore, the Petlt,ioner has consldered1t, approprlat,e t,o bring t,his matter before the Honrble Courb withthe prayer that in the int,erest of the people the Hon'ble Courtmay kindly consj.der what directions can be glven t,o the CentralGovernment through the RespondenL for examj-nlrrg thJ-s problem andto also communicate j't to the $tate Governrnenbs, for det,erminingthe measures that need to be taken to utllise alternatlve rneans,includj-ng Doordarshan and TV and approprlate smal.ler-sizedgovernment notices, for project.ing ttre jmportant events instead ofdoing thJ.s through such large-slzed expensive adverLisernentsr sothat Government funds may not geL urj.sutil.iseci and frittered awaywlren these are very muchr requirecl for rneeting the ottrer urgent.requirements of the people ancl of goverrunental functlonj-ng.8. That, the above grounds are beirrg sukrnitted wlthoutprejudice to one another and bhe Petltj-oner craves leave to addCo or to amend the above. .

  • o That the present Pet,ition is bei-ng submittedbonaflcle and j.n general publlc .int'eresL.10. That no other Writ Pet'ltion or Proceeding has beeninitiated by the Petitioner j-n any lllgh Court or t,he SupremeCourt of Indla on the subject matter of the present, Petition.Ll-, That the Petitioner has no alternatlve equallyef f icaclous remedy in I aw f or t,he cause of asbj.onbeing agit,ated herein.

    PRAYBRs

    In the above premises, J-t, J-s prayed thatthis Honrble Court may be pleased :

    (j.) to lssueorder or

    a wrj.t, direct,ion ori.n the nature of mandamus

    and/or a.ny othrer writ,,

  • 6J.nvJ.tatlons to them for seeuringthreir presence at, the proJected eventsuch as foundation-laylng ceremony,opening of a new road or brldge orrallway IJ.ne or ottrer 1-tnport ant'f acil-Ity for the beneflt of thepeople, thereby avoidlng the heavYexpendit,r.rre whj.ch 1s being presentl-yincurred by placement of advertisements1n newspapf,sc

    (11) to pas6 such other and further ordersas may be deemed necessary and properon the f acts and ln t,he clrcumstancesof the cdseo

    PSTITIONER SHAIL,FOR WHrCH Agf OF KINDI{ESS, THEAS IN DUTY BOUND. EVER PRAY.

    Pet,Itioner

    ( H, D. shourle )DlrecAor, COI4MON CAUSE.

    PIaceDated

    a

    tNew Delhl.

  • Versus

    U\]ION OF INDIA. ... RESPONDEI{TATFIDAVIT

    I, H. D. ShourLe son of late Shri S. L. sihouri.e,aged 90 years, Director, colJl}{ol'{ cAusE, }r-31, ltest,End, I{ew Delhi L10021, do hereby solemnly affirma.nd state as follows /

    In t,he matt er of !COM}ION CAUSE( a negtstered Society )

    1o

    Pet it,loner Socletyam aware of thet,o depose t,hereono

    IN ?HE SUPREI,IE COURT OF INDIACIVJL EXTRAORDTI.IARYJUR.ISgICTION

    CI \ruL WRIT PtrTI'TIO}i NO. ot' 2002

    . .. PETITIONER

    That I am the Director of Col"il'toN CAU:jE, thel.n the above vlrlt, Petition, that I

    f act s of the c ase and arn eompet ent

    2o That, the i"{rj-t, Petit,lon aforegoing has been preparedby me ano r say that the contents thereof are true andcorrect to the best of my knowledge and belief.3" That theare true coples

    L, the Deponent, abovenamed doat New De1hi on this day of

    the l"{rit Pet itlon aforegolnge orlg

    DEPONNdT

    irereby verlfy2aO2 that the

    are t,rue and correctart of l.C is

    coneea therefrom.

    Annexuresof thelr

    t,o

    res

    Verificatlon z

    contentst,o thefalse andof the Affidavit, aforegoing

    nothj.ng materj-al

    DEPONEbiT

  • Thi q 3l4.th-pace a ove J,l,._i 1_.20 02 in

    It.

    Yfrlh EMPI 9usln$s School, Nrw D.lhl

    Smt. Sheila DikshitHonblo Chiel Minislet,

    Delhl

    ffiLffiil,itI 3TH

    -

    I 9TH NOVEMBER

    lnauguration of Kalyan Week:by

    Shrimati Sheila DikshitHon'ble Chief Minister, Delhi.

    Presided byShri Raj Kumar Chauhan

    . Hon'ble Social Welfare Minister, Delhi.Followed Ot

    " "1ldlo Light Cerernony.

    Date : 13,,N,,o,yember, 2002Place : lndia,:Gate Lawn

    Time l 05,00 P,Ml::..::...,.,..

    .1.::: :, .,.,,, i,, .,

    Be a proud Delhi citizen.' ; Join us

    andmake the

    ,Over f Q00 nureitnlizcd cltil{r(t1t lyqnrcn ntti tlisthlail will rts:st:trthlc ttnil beioined by sclrool chiklren n:14.,i.,.,er:W,lt'tf utl walk.roitrfe st Indiu Gute Ltwttthis evening and ligltt u.,.,[i.,y,tlle'1iraiiilt to lcindle,,,tl!i,ll;,':,'-Lyo7,e; and strertgthentheir aspirat.ions. Yon LfrS'yrfrLlf.,::,ar1d i,oin,tltis ll{tr!!rl;.r,i!! rolitiotr, volitiott to

    c t t i t tt tt o o tl, w o rt ru t t t t o o,r'rt tL;i!: t!,, y tl ttis ab i tittt,'', r

    Sh. Raj Kumar ChauhanHon'bls Selal Wellare Ministet,

    Delhl

    DATE13.11 20A214.11 .200215.11,200215,11 :200216.11.:200217 .11.200218.1I.?002

    a success.

    PITOGRAMMElnaugural function & lighllng the candlesCultural evening at Dilli Haat, 'Parntrng competllion for destrtute and menlally challcrrgeC clrrldren.Seminaronprobletnsofseniorcitizensandthelr9olUtions'Sp'rds ComprtLtron for destitute and rnentally challerrged ciridren.Chrldrcrl's theatte.

    '

    Workshop on beggal laws and anli-begginrJ carilpaign.Photo Exhibition lollowed by cultrlral evenlng )q''of

    Bepartrnerlt off $meia$ Welfaru

    my delhi

    Heq. I Clre

    WE CAEAffiYOT' SMJTERE

    Kalyam WWeeH{

    'q**_:,-

    Govt. of hlCT of Delhi.

  • This fuI r- p g r g* a .clyg!lqg'le_l!_ll. i ltin tlre HIIJtiUST/\N III'lLS

    i\,lj

    []9 rr: tJ t.ltl l7.ll.'.)lt{,')

    4*,uexaRE $ -:

    MESSAGE,'/,lh th0 commissioning of Ihe Easrcrn-Norlhern lnicrReqional ttvoc itxsoo MW) back ro-ba.kI rnnsmission Syslcm at Pusauli (District Kaimur), t,ihar, tho nation has taken a vilal slcl) in tlro''legrarion or rho powe. lransmission network oI rhe country. Tho HVDc syslem would ailow thoi:rslern Rcaion to expo'1 its surprus power to the tJorthrn Rogion which will benefit by gnliinq',acoss to lo d @sl pov/ar. This evcnl marks tho comt)lotion of lhe llrsl phase ot the National powci"ild,

    tho natjon-v/ido oxorcisc u,rdertaken by PowEltGI-{rD to enablo oxchangs ol power witll'; nproved reliability and quality bets een ail the r6gions ot tho counlry.I congralr.ilalo PowERGRID lor this achievement and wish them success in their fulure.'ndcavours.

    O+rgt+...,o(A. B. V8lpayoo)

    & rorr.g, trrrali:,ot, {PffiWERGRHffins

    Ecrslerrr-Northern !nler Regionol500 MW I'IVDC Bucl< lo Bqck Trqnsnrission Syst

    ot Pusquli (Dist. Koimgr), Bilrorot 5.30 pm, Todoy, tlre 12' November, 2OO2

    by

    Shri /\lcrl Bilrcrri VoipoyeeHon'ble Prime Minisler of lndio

    Shrl Anrnl G. GooteHon blo Union Mini:lcr trl Poworwlll ptoslds ovor llto lunction

    MESSAGEr hrtltr ol 0r.sl pl?^!uro lhit Powrr 6rid Cortrcrallon ol Indlr Llnrilod hnr i.l'lnvod y.l dnollror nrll.llo,ro lr lr{,

    ..\'4^,rn\olttutnt36!lorlohgirdlr,ilthr./,.nn,,r.,,ori,'qolfr'.!,'rrl',rlrr.,,1lil!rlr,,rl.',,nlllVl)C(lx!rrrJM'Nlll:r,:k'.'.'ile^rh,r!bnSrltomrtPvrrun{O':t'ctXn(nur).8'ha.,ni,i!ll,eco,,rr.r('toflhol,rlllil'i.t.illl:'ro,,olC,nlwr,Ll,lr.,.'n!Mrtlot!dt lhr!prolrcllneol!nr!h,.Jlrlcrol.)lloch.ol.qyirs6lottrr!slonolorFOWIRLillll)lOi'rnlycoollrrclllro'r'r.rlCrEUE'rbylndblng6rchnngeol'el.lbl6andqunllypowerbalwonnlllh6livoroglonsolll'ft,jourlry Wilrll16'{,rr!($ing ol ur! HVOC nrojocl. bolh !l!6 llorlhorn and lho Eoslo.n rsoionr will bo bona0lod by lmpaovo(l plnril load soclof'rOy rdJooe gDnoralon lrrin !nd btlo. @nlrolol troqurncy.

    .

    ',!ldilela.inu16.do.goncy6!rlsbnalo.ilhirrD0lonrundor6dvrr!oopo.atln0condlllonlondwouldlmprovolhoovor,,.J'alul!t6 Pov/ERGRlo s hlr ecaslon. [:... -t r-

    (Anont C. G6oto)

    '1, V. Shrhl.,abry. lt'nrry d Pffi MESSAGE{ elimil utilira16 ot go.r.rlion 6picilos ond btlnncod powFr flow. lr!or.connocliong ol, ,wt reqbn.lg6d3 rt en rmrcdanl inilrrliyo o' lhc Covarnmonlol ln,Jii\ Today ls nn hrpoilint

    '!/ 6 lhc F o, 3ccld when lho .slcm.Nodhern lnler Rogional HVOC (1r5U0 f,lw) Llnck lo'rl Irinemi!!ion Sy3lem al PusauI {Dierid Xaimur), Brhnr ls bfioq dorllcilod lo lho nilion by

    '.ibro Pdmc $inrstcr lh6 rchenro @nrplclca tho firrl phase ol llatlonal t'owor crld bolno''ncmenlcd by POWERCRIO. Th,s HVDC achcmo I proicct wlll bo!\ctil bollr Enslcrn ondr.4r,a.nR.gimondlncililalobl.dioclionrjorchi.Q0olpowor!plo500l/!Y llwillslionroko

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    . RD you'aware that you just gave away half a' crore of your rupees to Shri Anant G. Geete,minister for power? You also gave it away to Dr

    . Murli Manohar Joshi, minister for human res-,ources development; Uma Bharati, minister forcoal and mines; Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, min-

    , ::'; ister for chemicals and fertilisers; M. Kannappan, minister of], tstat. for non-conventional energy sources; and tR. laatu,:. . 'tninister for environment and forests. The people of Hary-:' ..: 'ana/ Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punlab gave it to their '.

    ' . chief ministers. On Indira Gandhi's death anniversary you '

    .: . 'gav it to the Delhi government. You must be angry, Why 'r,. .. wouldn't you be? Because you know you did not give it .

    .1 r ; .. ar{a/. So was it stolen? Weil, you can say, as good as. If some ''' geedy person takes half a'crore rupees to enhance his per-'

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    ' ing you to read them. People have possibly not reacted .'.

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    of Gujarat have paid not only in tlieir sufferlng but also i':'u . :

    paid for the mau's self-aggrandiserneut, , i"' '.r:':', ; II would tell these self-advertising ninisters to take a page f : i' ,

    out of Arun Shourie's book, llelca-oguered as he is, Shourie took the timef to write and give real inforrrration irr$a series of articles,in 'fhe ItdianfiExpress about the problenrs he facesitin his rninistrv and what needs to betdone. I'hat tinA of stuff is not only

    read, it has credibility. lf all whattltese ads claim is true, how corne rveas citizcns have not seeu the clrange?And, couldn't this moncy be put to

    , bctter use? lior exarnple, wouldn't itbe better to put the nroney intoimproving tlre horrendous working/living conditlons of

    I coal lnincrs rathcr than paying lralf a crore to announce "3i;TllARS Ol' GROUNDTI!{IiAKING t'[RIOI{NfANCti l}Y COAIJ AND NflNI, MlN.rrts'r'i{y". Or fixing the tollets ht a felv schools instead of tak.r ing out a full-page colour ad announcing again, "cloRlousI

    ,3 veans o[ ACnlrv[,M[Nls" in the rruu nrinistry.

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    r a-to tlGl]u il i s t r rs tha t tliffi n.yi tltcy spend is not their persolral inconre to clo with as they 'plcrse? Why rre tlrcy not accountable for such wasteful

    :,F+l-jk:, exltglt_t]itiLe/ lror every tlucstiorTtric-.rski, you gct only twoiinswers: 1. lt's all very well for you to talk and criticise. ''You live in air-conditi