HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 864 of 2009 (S/S) Ramesh Chandra Chauhan …. Petitioner .. Versus State of Uttarakhand & others … Respondents Mr. B.D. Upadhyay, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Paresh Tripathi, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents. 3rd November, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. The petitioner is a class III employee in the Agriculture Department. The petitioner had requested that his transfer should be made to adjoining district in Dehradun. The representation to this effect was pending before the concerned authority. The main prayer of the petitioner is as under : “(a) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 1 to consider the case of the petitioner sympathetically and decide the representation dated 17.7.2009, contained in (Annexure no. 8 to the writ petition) in accordance with law.” In the counter affidavit filed by the State, it has been submitted that the said representation of the petitioner has already bee decided by the concerned authority i.e. the Secretary, Agriculture. The order of the Secretary, Agriculture is annexed as Annexure no. 6 to the counter affidavit. Therefore, cause of action in the present writ petition no more survives. As the grievance of the petitioner has already 2 been redressed, writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 3.11.2009 Avneet