1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR 1. S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4560/1996 R.S. Yadav & Ors. vs. State & Ors. 2. S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.5853/1997 Dr. O.P. Mahla & Ors. vs. University of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of order : 9/3/2010. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Ms. Anita Khandelwal for the petitioner in C.W. 4560/96. Shri Vijay Singh for the petitioner in C.W.5853/97 Shri S.D. Khaspuria, Addl. Govt. Counsel for State. Shri Hem Singh Rathore ) Shri S.N. Sharma ) for the respondents. ****** These writ petitions were filed at a time when the State Government and the University of Rajasthan were intending to bring about an amendment by way of Ordinance so as to provide for regularisation of services of those lecturers who were working for a long time. The prayer was made that the respondents be restrained from bringing about any such ordinance and be directed to fill up the post on regular basis as provided in Rajasthan University Act, 1974. Learned counsel for the respondents informed that not only the Act of 1974 has been amended, but the benefit of regularization has been conferred upon the persons who were working on ad hoc basis 2 irrespective of their date of appointment. In the changed circumstances, these petitions cannot be continued because they have outlived their purpose. The Ordinance by which the amendment was made in the Act of 1974 could have been challenged by the petitioners independently, which they have not done. These writ petitions are dismissed in view of the changed circumstances because neither the petitioners have challenged the validity of the amendment, nor the persons who have been benefited by such Ordinance have been arrayed as parties. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. RS/