C.W.P. No.12906 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.12906 of 1989 Date of Decision.26.04.2010 Balkar Singh Dhaliwal and others ........Petitioners Versus Chairman, Departmental Selection Committee, Education Department, Punjab, SCO No.31, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents 2. C.W.P. No.12934 of 1989 Gurminder Kaur and others ........Petitioners Versus Chairman, Departmental Selection Committee, Education Department, Punjab, SCO No.31, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents 3. C.W.P. No.15617 of 1989 Amarjit Kaur and others ........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab through the Secretary Education, Punjab, Chandigarh and others . ...Respondents 4. C.W.P.No.4264 of 1990 Sukhdev Singh and others ........Petitioners Versus Chairman, Departmental Selection Committee, Education Department, Punjab, SCO No.31, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents 5. C.W.P. No.11225 of 1990 Rita Nanda and others ........Petitioners Versus Chairman, Departmental Selection Committee, Education Department, Punjab, SCO No.31, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents C.W.P. No.12906 of 1989 -2- 6. C.W.P. No.12787 of 1990 Pardeep Kumar and another ........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab through the Secretary Education, Punjab, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents Present: Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur, Advocate for Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Manohar Lall, Addl. A.G., Punjab for respondents No.1 to 3. 7. C.W.P. No.13486 of 1989 Jodh Singh and others ........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab through the Secretary Education, Punjab, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents Present: Mr. A.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Manohar Lall, Addl. A.G., Punjab for respondents No.1 to 6. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur appearing on behalf of the petitioners states that the reliefs sought for in the writ petitions have become infructuous by the efflux of time, having regard to the fact that the writ petitions contained challenge to a selection to the post of Math Masters/Mistresses made by the Departmental Selection C.W.P. No.12906 of 1989 -3- Committee. The contention is that many of the petitioners have already retired and the reliefs cannot any longer survive for consideration. 2. Taking the representation of the counsel appearing for the petitioners, all the writ petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 26, 2010 Pankaj*