IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 10 of 2005 (S/B) Rtd. Lt. Colonel Puran Lal Sah, S/o late S.L. Sah, R/o 24/3, Shastri Nagar, Dehradun, Uttaranchal. ….. Petitioner Versus 1. Union of India through the Secretary of Defense, New Delhi. 2. Chief C.D.S. (Pension), Allahabad, U.P. ….. Respondents Mr. Ashish Kumar Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Pandey, Standing Counsel (Central Govt.) for the respondents. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. RAJEEV Gupta, C. J. (Oral) Mr. Ashish Kumar Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Pandey, Standing Counsel (Central Govt.) for the respondents. 2. Mr. Vikas Pandey, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that in view of the dictum of the Apex Court in the case of Col. (Retd.) B.J. Akkara versus The Govt. Of India & Others reported in (2006) 11 SCC 709, now nothing survives in the writ petition for decision and the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. 3. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. 4. Consequently the interim order dated 19.01.2005, which was extended vide order dated 30.03.2006, stands vacated automatically. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 07.05.2007 07.05.2007 Kawal