IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8177 of 1999 SMT.SHAILJA DEVI, wife of Late Bhuneshwar Prasad Sinha, resident of Village – Bharthu, PS Ghosi,District Jahanabad, at present residing at Bharthu House, Khanbahadur Road, PS Jahanabad, District Jahanabad ……….Petitioner Versus 1. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPN.LTD.through General Manager, Retail East Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Hongkong House, 31 BBD Bagh, Calcutta -1 2. The Senior Divisional Manager, Patna Divisional Office, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Exhibition Road, Patna -1 3. The Dealer Selection Board, Patna -1 through its Chairman, Bihar Industrial Association Building 2nd floor, Sinha Library Road, Patna -1 4. The non –member Secretary, Dealer Selection Board, Patna -1 through its Chairman, Bihar Industrial Association Building 2nd floor, Sinha Library Road, Patna -1 5. Smt. Sushila Devi Ram wife of Name not known, C/o Ashok Kumar, Near Jail Press, Jail Road,Gaya, PS Rampur, District – Gaya 6. The Union of India through Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, New Delhi 7. The Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, New Delhi …..Respondents ----------- 12- 29/11/2010 None appears on behalf of the parties. The writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash allotment letter in favour of respondent no.5 for LPG distributor agency for the township of Gaya, and for further direction to appoint the petitioner in place of respondent no.5. The respondents have placed on record their counter affidavit. 2. On a perusal of the materials on record, it appears that the writ petition has become infructuous on 2 account of efflux of time. It is accordingly dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) ( S P Singh ) mrl