IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14237 OF 2007 DATE OF DECISION: February 08, 2008 Parties Name Krishna Devi ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. B.S.Jaswal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Mahabir Sindhu, DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. Husband of the petitioner was in service and he died on August 19, 2006. By filing this writ petition , petitioner prays that departmental proceedings, which were initiated against her husband, be quashed. When notice of motion was issued on September 13, 2007, following contention of counsel for the petitioner was noticed by this Court: “The husband of the petitioner namely Shri Krishan was served with a charge-sheet Annexure P-1 for giving a No Due Certificate in favour of another employee from whom some recovery was to be made. Shri Krishan died before he could file a reply to the charge-sheet. He expired on 19.8.2006. The Enquiry Officer proceeded to conduct the enquiry into the charges levelled against the husband of the petitioner and held CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14237 OF 2007 -2- him guilty. As the husband of the petitioner had expired even before filing his reply to the charge-sheet, therefore, entire enquiry report is vitiated as the same was conducted after the death of her husband. Now, vide Annexure P-6 a show cause notice is issued to the petitioner, as to why an amount of Rs. 1,90,193.98 be not recovered from the retiral dues of the husband of the petitioner.” In response to notice issued, reply has been filed, wherein it has been stated that the charge-sheet has been dropped and amount in dispute towards retiral benefits has been paid to the petitioner. In view of this, we are of the view that the show cause notice dated June 8, 2007( Annexure P- 6) has become redundant. This writ petition has also become infructuous and the same is disposed of accordingly. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( Jaswant Singh) February 08, 2008. Judge DKC