HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1395 (M/S) of 2001 (Old No. 9984 of 1999) Arjun Kumar s/o Sri Paras Ram, R/o Village and Post Jhajra, District-Dehradun. …..Petitioner Vs. District Magistrate, Dehradun. ….Dehradun Sri D.C.S. Rawat, Adv. holding brief of Sri Rajendra Dobhal Learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri R.C. Arya learned Standing counsel for the respondent. Dated: 24-5-2006 Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri D.C.S. Rawat, Adv. holding brief of Sri Rajendra Dobhal learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R.C. Arya learned counsel for the respondent. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition to issue a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 25-02-1999/9-3-1999 (Annexure No. 5) to the writ petition passed by the District Magistrate, Dehradun whereby the financial power of the petitioner has been ceased and the power was handed over to the three member committee. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the three-member committee was constituted under the Ist Proviso to Sub-section (1) (g) of Section 95 of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. The operation of the impugned order dated 25-2-1999 and 9-3-1999 was stayed by this court on 17-3-1999. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the terms of the petitioner as Pradhan has already been elapsed. In view of above, the writ petition is rendered infructuous and is dismissed as such. The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. (B.S. Verma, J.) Dated: 24.5.2006 M.K.