IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 2433 (M/S) of 2007 Pappu Hasan S/o Sri Mahmood Hasan, R/o Ward No.03, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. ….Petitioner Vs 1. State of Uttarakhand through District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar. 2. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Chairman, Municipal Board, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Executive Officer Municipal Board, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. …..Respondents Sri H.S. Dhillon, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Upadhaya, learned Additional C.S.C for the State-respondents No. 1 and 2. Sri Mohd. Azim, Advocate on behalf of Sri Sandeep Tandon, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 3 and 4. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with a following prayer: - (1) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 10-8- 2007, numbered as 280/License/2007-2008 passed by the respondent No.3. (2) To mould and issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court deems just and proper in the circumstance of the case. (3) To award the cost of the petition to the petitioner. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner has challenged and assailed the order dated 10-8-2007 passed by respondent No.3 whereby the licence of slaughtering the buffalos, numbered as 52/07 dated 2.6.2007 and licence to sell buffalos meat numbered as 50/07 dated 2.6.2007 of the petitioner, were cancelled without giving any opportunity of hearing on the ground that the aforesaid licences were being used illegally. It has further been averred in the writ petition that the aforesaid licences, which were granted to the petitioner, were valid till 31-3-2008. 2 This Court on 27-2-2008 passed an interim order that till the next date of listing, the operation of the impugned order dated 10-8-2007 passed by the respondent No.3 i.e Chairman, Muncipal Board, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, shall remain stayed. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that since the licences which were granted by the respondent No.3 to the petitioner were valid upto 31-3-2008 and that period had already been expired, therefore, the writ petition has rendered infructuous. In view of the above fact, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. All applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S. Verma,J) Dated: - 01-04-2008 M.K. 3 4