HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.12564 of 2000 ORDER: The proceedings, under challenge in this writ petition is an order of transfer dated 29.06.2000 whereby the petitioner, a Senior Assistant in the Girijan Cooperative Corporation Limited, Visakhapatnam, who was under orders of transfer to GPCMS, Parvathipuram was retained at GPCMS Rajovammangi itself. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent, it is stated that the petitioner retired from service on 31.07.2004 on attaining the age of superannuation. In the light of the specific averment that the petitioner is no longer in the service of the respondent, the validity of the order of transfer, under challenge in this writ petition, does not necessitate adjudication and the writ petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:22.07.2010 usd