IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. L.P.A. No. 1299 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: May 30, 2011 Rajinder Kumar ...Appellant Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE M HON'BLE M HON'BLE M HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE . JUSTICE . JUSTICE . JUSTICE GUR GUR GUR GURDEV SINGH DEV SINGH DEV SINGH DEV SINGH Present: Ms. Jagdeep Bains, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Piyush Kant Jain, Addl. AG, Punjab, for the respondents. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. M.M. KUMAR, J. M.M. KUMAR, J. M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The instant appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against the judgment dated 15.3.2010 rendered by the learned Single Judge. The writ petition has been disposed of by holding that the appellant, who was illegally regularised/appointed as Pump Operator, was rightly de-regularised. The learned Single Judge further held that the appellant could not be permitted to reap the fruits of an illegal action because persons senior to him as daily wage Pump Operator were still awaiting for regularisation of their services. Accordingly, the petition filed by the writ petitioner- appellant was disposed of with a direction that no person junior to him was to be kept in regular capacity as Pump Operator and if any such person is available then his services has to be de-regularised on or before 31.5.2010. Consequential direction has also been L.P.A. No. 1299 of 2010 (O&M) 2 issued that the resultant vacancies were to be filled up by regularising the services strictly as per seniority-cum-suitability. 2. In pursuance of the aforesaid direction, the respondent Department appears to have taken up an exercise and an order dated 24.5.2011 has been passed. The services of large number of persons have now been regularised on the posts of Pump Operator, which include the name of the appellant-Rajinder Kumar. A copy of the order dated 24.5.2011, which is in vernacular is taken on record as Mark 'A'. With the passing of the said order, the instant appeal has been rendered infructuous and the same is disposed of as such. (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE (GURDEV SINGH GURDEV SINGH GURDEV SINGH GURDEV SINGH) May May May May 30 30 30 30, 2011 , 2011 , 2011 , 2011 JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE Pkapoor