IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 549 of 2002 (M/B) 1. Dhan Singh Bafila S/o Late Sri Khim Singh Bafila. 2. Mangal Singh Bafila S/o Late Sri Kalyan Singh Bafila, Both R/o Village Bafila Malla, Tehsil Kapkot, Post Saneti, District Bageshwar. ……… Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Uttaranchal. 2. District Magistrate, Bageshwar. 3. Director, Panchayati Raj, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 4. Chief Development Officer, Bageshwar. 5. District Panchayat Raj Officer, Bageshwar. …….. Respondents Ms. Indu Sharma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Sharad Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. U.P.S. Negi, Addl. Advocate General for the respondents. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. (Oral) Mr. Indu Sharma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Sharad Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. U.P.S. Negi, Addl. Advocate General for the respondents. 2. Ms. Indu Sharma, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the writ petition filed as ‘Public Interest Litigation’ in the year 2002, now, has become infructuous. 3. The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as infructuous. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 05.08.2006 05.08.2006 G