CWP No. 2998 of 1990 and another connected matter 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 01.02.2011 CWP No. 2998 of 1990 Sudarshan Kumar Garg ......PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab and others ….. RESPONDENTS CWP No. 6310 of 1990 Bakhtawar Singh and others ......PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Punjab and others ….. RESPONDENTS CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: None for the petitioner(s). Mr. J.S.Puri, Addl. A.G. Punjab. *** RANJAN GOGOI, ACJ (Oral) This order will dispose of CWP No. 2998 of 1990 titled as Sudarshan Kumar Garg vs. State of Punjab and others and CWP No. 6310 of 1990 titled as Bakhtawar Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others. Challenge herein is in respect of certain executive instructions dated 28.06.1988 and 14.02.1990 which have been replaced by an amendment of the Punjab Document Writers Licensing Rules, 1961 made CWP No. 2998 of 1990 and another connected matter 2 by Notification No. G.S.R.24/C.A.16/1908/S.69/Amd(10) 2006 dated 29.05.2006. In view of the aforesaid amendment of the Rules, the issues arising in this writ petition have become academic and would in any case stand covered by the order that may be passed in such writ petitions where validity of the amendment rules has been challenged. Both the writ petitions, therefore, are dismissed as infructuous. ( RANJAN GOGOI ) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE February 01, 2011 pj CWP No. 2998 of 1990 and another connected matter 3