IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 121 of 2005 (S/B) 1. Sharad Kumar S/o Sri S.C. Birla, Presently posted as Executive Engineer (Incharge), Public Works Department, Sahiya (Kalsi), Dehradun. 2. Rajendra Goel S/o Sri S.C. Goel, Presently posted as Executive Engineer (Incharge), Public Works Department, Provincial Division, Rudraprayag. ......... Petitioners Versus 1. Union of India through Chairman, State Advisory Committee, Gate No. 31, Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. 2. State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary, Reorganisation, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Secretariat Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 3. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Govt. of U.P., Secretariat Lucknow, U.P. 4. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Public Works Department, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Secretariat Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 5. Chief Engineer, Level I, Public Works Department, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. ........ Respondents Mr. Sudhanshu Dhulia, Senior Counsel with Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Anjali Bhargava, Addl. Standing Counsel (Central Govt.) for respondent No. 1. Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Standing Counsel for respondents Nos. 2, 4 & 5. Mr. S.P.S. Panwar, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel (U.P. Govt.) for respondent No. 3. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble V.K. Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. V.K. GUPTA, C.J. (Oral) Mr. Sudhanshu Dhulia, the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners submits that this petition has become infructuous because the petitioners have since been allocated to the State of Uttarakhand. He seeks to withdraw the writ petition but with liberty to the petitioners to approach this Court again if a fresh cause of action accrues in future. 2. Prayer allowed. 3. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (V.K. Gupta, C.J.) 28.02.2008 28.02.2008 G