R.S.A.No.3735 of 2004 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A.No.3735 of 2004 Date of Decision : 24.7.2009 Municipal Workers Union and another ...Appellants Versus Gajraj Prajapati and another ...Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Mr. Brijeshwar Singh, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. K.S.Dadwal, Advocate, for the respondents. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (ORAL) The present second appeal arises out of suit for declaration to the effect that plaintiff No.1, is the real Municipal Workers Union (Regd.), Ludhiana and plaintiff Nos.2 and 3 are the real elected President and Secretary of the Municipal Workers Union respectively and, thus, entitled to operate the bank accounts and also control over the record and property of the Union. As per plaintiff Nos.2 and 3, they were elected as the office bearers of the Union in an election held on 19.1.1993, whereas the defendants were relying upon an election conducted on 17.1.1993. There is no dispute that there is a Municipal Workers Union, but the dispute is that which of the office bearers are the elected office bearers of the Union. R.S.A.No.3735 of 2004 2 With the passage of time of about 16 years, many elections have been held. An affidavit has been filed by appellant No.2 to the effect that in Annual General Meeting of Union on 9.3.2008, the deponent and plaintiff No.2 have been elected as President of the Union, while Ram Sukh Pal was elected as General Secretary of the Union. Mr. Dadwal, learned counsel for the respondents, on the other hand, has pointed out that plaintiff No.2 has been expelled from the primary membership of the Union. Be that as it may, the fact remains that admittedly there were fresh elections. If there is dispute between the parties in respect of subsequent elections, it shall be open to the parties to seek their remedy in respect of aforesaid election. However the dispute in the present appeal has become redundant with the afflux of time. In view thereof, the present appeal is disposed of as infructuous. 24.7.2009 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE