Civil Writ Petition No. 4722 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Civil Writ Petition No. 4722 of 2009 Date of decision:- 11.1.2010 Harjit Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & Anr. .... Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present:- None for the petitioner. Mr. K.S.Dadwal, Addl. A.G.,Punjab. Ajay Kumar Mittal, J. By way of the present writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought quashing of the order passed by respondent No.2 whereby a direction has been issued to deposit the licensed arms with the concerned local Police Station in the District. On notice of motion having been issued, reply by way of affidavit of Khushi Ram, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Tarn Taran on behalf of respondent No.2 has been filed wherein a preliminary objection has been taken stating that the order assailed in the civil writ petition is no more in force as the order dated 2.3.2009 (Annexure R-1) issued for depositing the weapons was to remain operative till 30.4.2009 and the same was further extended till 24.5.2009 vide order dated 1.5.2009 (Annexure R-2) of the Addl. District Magistrate, Tarn Taran. Now after more than seven months from the date of expiry of the relevant period mentioned in the orders, this writ petition has become infructuous and is, therefore, liable to be dismissed Civil Writ Petition No. 4722 of 2009 2 on this short ground. Learned State counsel submits that in view of the preliminary objection, the order which has been impugned in the writ petition has become inoperative after 24.5.2009, therefore, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous and may be disposed of as such. In view of above, the present writ petition is disposed of as having become infructuous. January 11, 2010. (Ajay Kumar Mittal) tripti Judge