5.5.2009 Present: Ms. Nidhi Sharma, vice counsel for the petitioner. Mr. R. K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. A.G. and Mr. R.P. Singh, Asstt. A.G. for respondents. CWP(T) No. 4394/2008 (OA No.1112/97) Initially, the petition was filed before the erstwhile Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal on 2.6.1997 and the same was admitted on 15.10.1997. With the enactment of The Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Transfer of decided and pending cases and applications) Act, 2008 (No.14 of 2008), the same stands transferred to this Court. In the petition, the petitioner has prayed that he may be permitted to appear in the recruitment test to be conducted in terms of advertisement dated 5.12.1996. The cause of action with the passage of time does not survive. Hence, the present petition is disposed of as having become infuctuous. ( Sanjay Karol ), Judge. May 5, 2009 (rana)