IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 6213 (S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 34413/1996) Jeet Singh Rawat, son of Sri Umrao Singh Rawat, at present Sr. Assistant, in Rural Engineering Service, Tehri Garhwal, New Tehri, District – Tehri Garhwal ……Petitioner V e r s u s 1. The Director / Chief Engineer, Rural Engineering Service, U.P., Lucknow. 2. Chief Engineer, (Western Zone), Rural Engineering Service, U.P., Lucknow. 3. Superintending Engineer, Rural Engineering, Service Parimandal, Nainital. 4. Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Service, Prakhand, Tehri Garhwal. 5. Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Services, Nainital. ……Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri N.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Nanak Chand Gupta, learned counsel for the respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner was promoted by respondent no. 2 on 10.07.1996 on the post of Office Superintendent. Vide order dated 08.08.1996, the Director / Chief Engineer Lucknow i.e. respondent no. 1 has stayed the operation of promotion order dated 10.07.1996. Aggrieved by the order dated 08.08.1996 passed by respondent no. 1 petitioner has preferred the present writ petition before this court and this court on 30.10.1996 stayed the operation of order dated 08.08.1996. In pursuance to the stay order petitioner was permitted to continue on the promoted post and now, has been retired from the service after attaining the age of superannuation from the post of Office Superintendent. In view of the above, nothing remains in the writ petition for adjudication. The writ petition accordingly is being disposed of with no order as costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J) March 10, 2006 SKSharma