IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.316 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION: April 07, 2010 Kundan Lal .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: None for the petitioner Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) Learned State counsel submits that in the writ petition, the petitioner had sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing order dated 09.12.1988 passed by Deputy Commissioner-cum-Collector, Gurdaspur (Annexure P-3) whereby his application for continuation as stamp vendor was rejected. According to learned State Counsel, on enquiry made from the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, it has been learnt that petitioner expired on 13.9.1991. She submits that in view of this, the present petition has been rendered infructuous. The communication received from the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur has been placed on record by learned State Counsel. In view of the above, this petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. April 07, 2010 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE