IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7545 of 1990 Date of Decision : February 23, 2010. Piara Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.TPS Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Sr.DAG, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a direction to consider and promote him to the post of Head Analyst on the basis of his seniority in the cadre of Junior Analyst. Ms.Charu Tuli, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, on instructions from the departmental official who is present in Court, states that during the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioner had been promoted as Head Analyst retrospectively on 9.10.1988 followed by his further promotion as Assistant Food and Supply Officer in March, 1999. C.W.P.No .7545 of 1990 2 The petitioner, as per the seniority list (Annexure P-1) was born on 12.4.1944 and thus on attaining the age of superannuation i.e. 58 years in April, 2002, has already retired from service. In this view of the matter, the writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. Dasti. 23-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE