HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 414 OF 2006 Wednesday, the Twenty Fourth day of November, Two Thousand and Ten Between D.Chandranna and another Petitioners AND Food Corporation of India, Zonal Office, 3 Haddows Road, Chennai –8, Rep. by its Zonal Manager and others Respondents ORAL ORDER: The petitioners were given ad hoc promotion as Assistants Grade-III for a period of one year under proceedings dated 31.8.2005 issued by the Food Corporation of India. However, their ad hoc promotion was cancelled under the proceedings dated 28.12.2005. Assailing the same, they filed the present writ petition. In the first instance, this court by order dated 6.1.2006 directed the Food Corporation of India to continue the petitioners as Assistants Grade-III by suspending the impugned proceedings dated 28.12.2005. However, on the vacate application filed by the Food Corporation of India, this court by order dated 23.1.2007, taking note of the fact that the petitioners were granted ad h o c promotion overlooking respondent No.4, who was senior to them, vacated the earlier order. Without going into the merits of the case, it is relevant to note that the promotion given to the petitioners was on ad hoc basis and only for a period of one year, which has already expired. That being so, their entitlement to claim the said promotion also stood extinguished, by efflux of time. The cause therefore does not survive for adjudication in this writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed. No costs. __________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar November 24, 2010 MAS