IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7648 of 1990 Date of Decision : February 23, 2010. Bachitter Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : None for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab. Mr.Sukhbir Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.2. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner challenges the order dated 16.5.1990 (Annexure P-12) whereby, it appears that the benefit of his previous service towards seniority has been declined. At the time of filing of this writ petition, the petitioner was serving as a Deputy Director in the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Punjab. Ms.Charu Tuli, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab as well as learned counsel for respondent No.2 state that during the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioner was further promoted as Joint C.W.P.No .7648 of 1990 2 Director and he has retired thereafter on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.9.1994. In the changed circumstances, it appears that nature of the relief sought in the writ petition does not survive and thus, the writ petition is accordingly disposed of as having been rendered infructuous, however, with liberty to the petitioner to seek its revival if so requires within a period of six months. The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the petitioner at his given address. Dasti. 23-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE