IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 222 of 2004 (S/B) Babu Ram Sharma s/o Sri Govind Ram Sharma R/o 127, Engineers Enclave, Phase –I GMS Road, Dehradun. …… Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Dehradun. 2. Government of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Lucknow. 3. Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 4. Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Dehradun …… Respondents ………….. Sri S.K. Shandiya, Advocate on behalf of Sri Nagesh Agarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Sri Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for respondents 1, 3 and 4. Smt. Beena Pande, Advocate for respondent no. 2. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Sri S.K. Shandiya, Advocate on behalf of Sri Nagesh Agarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Sri Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for respondents 1, 3 and 4. Smt. Beena Pande, Advocate for respondent no. 2. 2. Sri Subhash Upadhyaya, the learned Brief Holder for respondents 1, 3 and 4 submits that the writ petition filed by petitioner Babu Ram Sharma challenging the order dated 17.07.2004 (Annexure 1) whereby the petitioner was relieved for his joining in the State of Uttar Pradesh in pursuance to his option for the State of Uttar Pradesh has, now become infructuous after the passing of the order of his final allocation by the Central Government on 11.05.2006. 2 3 In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous with the liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order dated 11.05.2006 of his final allocation to the State of Uttar Pradesh by the Central Government. 4. Consequently, the interim order dated 26.07.2004 and 18.11.2004 stand vacated automatically. 5. With the above order, CLMAs Nos. 5065 of 2004, 7058 of 2004 and 9815 of 2006 also stand disposed of. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 08.05.2007 08.05.2007 A