Taking a stern view against illegal hoardings, posters and banners put up by political parties in Maharashtra sans official permission and thereby defacing public and private properties, the Bombay High Court today appointed nodal agencies to check this practice.

Hearing a bunch of PILs, a bench, headed by Justice Abhay Oka, also issued notices to major political parties, namely, Congress, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), to state by September 30 whether they would file written undertakings assuring not to erect hoardings anywhere in the state without permission.