C.O.C.P. No.2069 of 2010(O&M) #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.O.C.P. No.2069 of 2010(O&M) in Civil Writ Petition No.11406 of 2010 Date of Decision:-09.02.2011 Surinder Pal Gupta. ......Petitioner. Versus Sh. S.S. Rajput, IAS. ......Respondent. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Mr. Jatinderjit Kaur , Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.S. Sahu, AAG Punjab. *** JASWANT SINGH, J.(ORAL) C.M. No.27976-CII of 2010 Allowed as prayed for. C.O.C.P. No.2069 of 2010 Present contempt petition has been filed under Section 10 & 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for punishing the respondent for willful disobeying the order dated 01.07.2010(P-1) passed by this Court in CWP No.11406 of 2010. Petitioner had filed CWP No.11406 of 2010 claiming consideration for promotion to the post of Assistant Town C.O.C.P. No.2069 of 2010(O&M) #2# Planner/Municipal Town Planner in view of the amended recruitment rules. This Court vide orders dated 01.07.2010 with the consent of the counsel for the petitioner disposed of the petition at the motion stage with a direction to the State Government to take a decision on his representation within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order, with the further observation that in case the claim of the petitioner was to be rejected, the same shall be done by a reasoned and speaking order. At the time of hearing today learned State Counsel has filed the reply by way of affidavit dated 04.02.2011 of S.S. Rajput, IAS, Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Local Govt. Punjab wherein it is stated that in compliance of the order dated 01.07.2010, the speaking order rejecting the claim of the petitioner has been passed vide order dated 01.02.2011/03.02.2011(R-1). He submits that in view of the same the present contempt petition has become infructuous. Disposed of as infructuous. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE February 09, 2011 Vinay