IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (MS) No. 1710 of 2010 Kurban Ali ….…Petitioner. Versus Dharam Chandra and others. .….Respondents. Present : Mr.B.B. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. . Date of Decision : 30.9.2010 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. B.B. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. This writ petition was filed by the petitioner for the following relief: “i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of the mandamus directing the Lower Court to close the further cross- examination of the witnesses of the petitioner Lakhan Singh dated 25.5.2009, which is Annexure No. 10 to the present writ petition. ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 25.5.2009 whereby Annexure No. 10 to the present writ petition by which the court below has ordered the witness of the petitioner Lakhan Singh to appear in the lower Court for further cross-examination without any reason. iii) Issue any other writ order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. iv) Award the cost of the writ petition to the petitioner.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has very fairly submitted before this Court that he has been informed that yesterday i.e. on 29.9.2010, the statement of Mr. Lakhan Singh witness of the petitioner has already been closed, hence the writ petition be dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. 4. In view of the above statement, this writ petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. 5. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 30.9.2010 Rathour