1 aswp-740-94 pdp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 740 OF 1994 Hanumant Baburao Jathar and anr. .. Petitioners Vs. The Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra and anr. .. Respondents None for the petitioners. Mr. C.R. Sonawane, AGP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & P. D. KODE, JJ. OCTOBER 04, 2011. P.C. 1. As directed by us on 22/8/2011, the learned Judge of the Labour Court at Solapur has sent his report, which states that Complaint (ULP) No. 80 of 1992 has been disposed for want of taking steps on 8/9/1999 and no restoration application has been pending. The report further states that Complaint (ULP) No. 82 of 1992 was partly allowed on 16/11/1999 and the respondents were directed to reinstate the complainants with continuity of service but without back-wages. 2 aswp-740-94 2. This petition was filed under an apprehension that the petitioners were likely to be removed from service even during the pendency of their complaints and there was no order of termination or removal which was passed. It was under these circumstances, the petitioners prayed for directions not to terminate / dismiss them from service and for further directions to absorb them in the Irrigation Department of the State Government. 3. So far as the absorption is concerned, the law is well settled in terms of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Uma Devi and in respect of those who have been appointed without following the due selection procedure. On the issue of termination / dismissal from service, the petitioners’ complaints have been decided and hence this petition, with the passage of time, has become infructuous. 4. The petition is dismissed as infructuous. Rule is discharged. No costs. (P. D. KODE, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)