IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 555 of 2002(M/B) 1. Dr. Narendra Singh S/o Kirath Singh, R/o Village & Post Office Ailum (Nala Road), District Muzaffarnagar (U.P.). 2. Prem Singh Nagpal S/o Sri Mukand Lal, R/o Village Kartarpur, Post Office Gadarpur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Rana I.B. Singh S/o Late Sri V.V. Singh, R/o DUSS Almora, District Almora, 4. Dr. A.K. Mishra S/o Sri B.D. Mishra, R/o House No. 30 Vivakanand Nagar, Avas Vikas, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 5. Dr. Ramesh Chandra S/o Sri Ram Singh, R/o Village Bometa Bangar Khima, Post Haldduchaur, District Nainital. 6. Dr. Ravi Sankar Jha S/o Sri Ram Ayodhya Jha, R/o Degree College Road, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. 7. Dr. A.K. Verma S/o Sri Sant Ram Verma, R/o Village Harsauli, Bhowali, District Nainital. ……… Petitioners. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Principal Secretary (Personnel), Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 2. Public Service Commission, Uttaranchal through its Secretary, Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar. ……… Respondents. ………… Mr. D.N. Sharma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. M.S. Pal, Senior Counsel for the petitioners. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for respondent No. 1. None for respondent No.2. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. (Oral) Mr. D.N. Sharma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. M.S. Pal, Senior Counsel for the petitioners. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for respondent No. 1. None for respondent No.2. 2. Mr. J.P. Joshi, the learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 submits that the writ petition relating to the selection process for the Veterinary Medical Officers initiated in the year 2002 has, now, become infructuous. 3. The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as infructuous. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 15.07.2006 15.07.2006 G