IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR -------------------------------------------------------- CIVIL WRIT No. 3430 of 1997 DALPAT SINGH V/S STATE & ORS Mr. SUNIL BHANDARI for Mr. M.R. SINGHVI, for the petitioner Mr. YASHWANT MEHTA, for the respondent Date of Order : 29.1.2009 HON'BLE SHRI AM KAPADIA,J. ORDER ----- By instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has prayed for quashing of the order dated 30.07.1997 (Annex.8) to the petition with the further prayer that the respondents may be directed to consider and accord promotion to the petitioner on the post of Assistant Revenue from 30.08.1997, the date on which his juniors were promoted. At the time of hearing of this petition, Mr. Sunil Bhandari, appearing on behalf of Mr. M.R. Singhvi, learned counsel for the petitioner, states that since the petitioner has been promoted on the post of Assistant Revenue Inspector vide order dated October 20, 2005, therefore, the grievance ventilated by the petitioner in this petition now does not survive and the petition has become infructuous. He, therefore, urged to pass appropriate order in this regard. Mr. Yaswant Mehta, learned counsel for the respondents No.2 & 3 does not dispute the statement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and in support of the statement has also produced a copy of the order dated 20.10.2005 whereby the petitioner was promoted to the post of Assistant Revenue Inspector. In this view of the matter, since the grievance ventilated by the petitioner stands redressed as he has been promoted on the post of Assistant Revenue Inspector w.e.f. 30.08.1997 vide order dated 20.10.2005, this petition is disposed of as having become infructuous with no order as to costs. The copy of order dated October 20, 2005 filed by learned counsel for respondent Mr. Yashwant Mehta shall be retained on the record of the case. ( AM KAPADIA ),J. JPA