IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 7775 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: September 09, 2009 Gurpreet Kaur .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and Others ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Balbir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. S.S. Siao, Advocate, for respondent nos. 3 & 4. Mr. V.K. Thakur, Advocate, for respondent no. 5. Mr. S.S. Bahl, Advocate, for respondent nos. 6 & 7. Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for respondent no. 8. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents no. 1 to 4 to give appointment to the petitioner as Elementary Training Teacher from amongst B.A. B.Ed. Teachers. Essentially, assertion on behalf of the petitioner is that C.W.P. No. 7775 of 2008 -2- respondents no. 5 to 8 are lower in merit than the petitioner. The said respondents have been given appointment, however, claim of the petitioner who is higher in merit has been ignored. Learned counsel for the respondents no. 3 & 4 states that cause of action does not survive any more in so much as letter of appointment dated 09.07.2009 has been issued thereby appointing the petitioner as Elementary Training Teacher. In view of the above, the matter has been rendered infructuous and disposed of as such. Since the appointment was a consequence of selection process, the petitioner would be at liberty to file representation to the official respondents to claim benefits from the date respondents no. 5 to 8 were given appointment. 09.09.2009 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE 1. To be referred to the reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?