CWP No.7869 of 1990 : 1: In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision:08.01.2010 Shamsher Singh Vs. The State of Haryana and others CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.RK Malik, Senior Advocate, with Ms.Renu Chaudhary, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl. Advocate Genera, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): The petitioner is seeking appointment as Junior Engineer with the State of Haryana. He applied in response to the advertisement issued on 22.01.1988. As many as 15 posts were reserved for Ex-Servicemen. The petitioner claimed his consideration under the said category. The petitioner was not appointed. He, accordingly, challenged the selection of the private respondents and consequently asked for his own selection in the present writ petition. Admittedly, the selection was made in the year 1989. It is more than 20 years now. On the last date of hearing, Mr. Malik, learned counsel for the petitioner was asked to seek instructions whether the petitioner had sought any employment in the meantime. Today, Mr.Malik has reported that the petitioner was CWP No.7869 of 1990 : 2: appointed as Junior Engineer in the Army in the year 1990 and he is likely to retire this year from the Army service and, therefore, the petitioner is interested to prosecute this writ petition. The question of granting employment to the petitioner at this belated stage does not arise as private respondents must have earned some promotions in the meantime on the basis of their length of service etc. At this belated stage, the claim of the petitioner has been rendered infructuous. Merely because the petitioner is retiring from the Army service and he wants employment in the State of Haryana, is no ground to keep this writ petition pending. There is no valid ground to decide the claim of the parties at this belated stage. In view of the above, present writ petition is dismissed with no order as to costs. 08.01.2010. (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE