Civil Writ Petition No. 5780 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 5780 of 2009 Date of Decision: 29.10.2010 Narinder Kumar Ghai …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsimran Singh Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ambika Lutha, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 and 3. Ms. Vibha, Advocate for Mr. S.S. Narula, Advocate for respondent No.2. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner was elected as a President of Municipal Council, Balachaur. The allegation, levelled against the petitioner, was that he was remiss in his duty in recovering the amount of octroi from the firm M/s Ghai Cold Drinks. It is not disputed that the operation of the impugned order dated 1.4.2009 (Annexure P6) whereby the petitioner was removed, from the post of President, was not stayed by this Court. During the pendency of the present writ petition, the term of Municipal Council, Civil Writ Petition No. 5780 of 2009 2 Balachaur, has come to an end and the Administrator has been appointed. A perusal of the impugned order dated 1.4.2009 (Annexure P6) reveals that the petitioner was only removed from the post of President, however, he was not disqualified to hold any office in future. Therefore, to determine the validity of order (Annexure P6) is only an academic exercise. By efflux of time, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous and the same is dismissed as such, with no order as to costs. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 29, 2010 “DK”