IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:- 19.01.2011 C.W.P.No.6348 of 1991 I.S.Chahal, Excise & Taxation Officer, Patiala ....Petitioner(s) vs. The State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) C.W.P.No.7236 of 1991 Jarnail Singh, Excise & Taxation Officer, U.T., Chd. ....Petitioner(s) vs. The State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) C.W.P.No.4609 of 1991 H.M.S. Rosha, Excise & Taxation Officer, Patiala ....Petitioner(s) vs. The State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) C.W.P.No.12440 of 1991 Upjeet Singh Brar, Excise & Taxation Officer, Bhatinda ....Petitioner(s) vs. The State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- None for the petitioner. Mr.Rajesh Bhardwaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Mr.Rajiv Atma Ram, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Saurabh Arora, Advocate, for the private respondents. *** -2- Ranjan Gogoi, ACJ. (Oral) In these four writ petitions, the process of nomination to the PCS (Executive Branch) is under challenge. By interim orders passed way- back in the year 1991, stay of the said process was ordered. In view of the aforesaid interim order which continues to hold the field till date, the process of nomination could not have been completed. In fact, according to Sh.Rajiv Atma Ram, learned Senior Counsel for private respondents the process was abandoned and a fresh process was resorted to. The above apart, it appears that all the petitioners as well as the respondents have retired from service in the meantime. In the above view of the matter, there is no live issue for adjudication in any of the writ petitions. The same are, therefore, closed as infructuous. ( RANJAN GOGOI ) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE January 19, 2011 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE