IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18448 of 2009 Date of Decision: September 29, 2010 Inderjit Sharma .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. S.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. In this petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, prayer is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant benefit of proficiency step up increment, petitioner having completed 24 years and 32 years of regular service. The benefit is permissible under Assured Career Progression Scheme in accordance with instructions of the respondents. 2. Short reply filed in Court today on behalf of the respondents by way of affidavit of CWP No.18448 of 2009 [2] Er. Daljit Singh, Executive Engineer, Construction Division, PWD B & R Branch, Muktsar, sworn on 29.9.2010, is taken on record. In the reply, it has been brought out that vide Order dated 10.9.2010, the petitioner has been granted benefit of proficiency step up on completion of 24 years and 32 years of regular service w.e.f. 11.3.2004. Under the circumstances, the petition has been rendered infructuous. Copy of order dated 10.9.2010 has been placed on record as Annexure R/1. 3. In view of the stand of the respondents, the petition has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such. (AJAI LAMBA) September 29, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?