The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer seeking immediate deployment of traffic marshals at the Connaught Place to ensure uninterrupted vehicular flow.

Referring to a division bench decision, Justice Amit Bansal noted that the traffic authorities are in best position to decide the regulation of traffic in the city and that the issue cannot be raised in a writ petition.

The plea was filed by advocate Saurabh Kumar Gupta, who has his office in Connaught Place. He raised concerns regarding ineffective traffic management in the area, alleging that it resulted in daily traffic gridlocks.

The Delhi Traffic Police, however, submitted that adequate police personnel are deployed during peak traffic hours and that the concerns raised by the lawyer were being adequately addressed.

Rejecting the plea, the Court noted that the division bench in the ruling in question had held that traffic authorities are the best judges to decide the issue of regulation of traffic in the city and that the High Court while exercising its writ jurisdiction cannot sit over as an Appellate Authority over the decisions taken by the traffic authorities for regulating the movement of traffic in the city.

“Accordingly, this Court is not inclined to entertain the present writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed,” the Court said.

Title: SAURABH KUMAR GUPTA v. DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE AND ORS

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