C.W.P No. 15326 of 1998 (O&M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 15326 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision : July 08, 2010 Ram Gopal Sahota, ...... Petitioner (s) v. State of Punjab and others, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Shailender Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.S.Gill, DAG Punjab for the respondents. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) By the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the adverse remarks communicated to him for the year 1993-94 with regard to integrity, and the order by which his representation against the same was declined. The second prayer made is for a direction to the respondents to grant senior scale w.e.f 1.1.1989 and selection grade w.e.f 1.4.1993 with consequential benefits. As regards the prayer for grant of senior scale/selection grade, C.W.P No. 15326 of 1998 (O&M) ::2:: it has been detailed in the written statement that apart from having filed the present writ petition, the petitioner had also filed CWP No.17912 of 1999 wherein also the prayer made was for grant of senior scale w.e.f 5.5.1989 with consequential benefits. The said writ petition was decided by order dated 31.5.2000 with a direction to the respondents therein to reconsider the case of the petitioner. As per the respondents, in compliance with the said direction, the case of the petitioner was reconsidered and he was allowed senior scale w.e.f 4.5.1989, as also consequential benefits on completion of 12 years of service w.e.f 5.5.1993. Thus, this substantive relief has already been granted to the petitioner. As regards prayer for expunction of the ACR, in my view, since admittedly the petitioner has retired, the said relief is rendered infructuous. However, learned counsel for the petitioner states that as a consequence of this ACR, some prejudice was caused to him at the time of his retirement. He has, however, fairly stated that in the present petition neither there are pleadings to this effect nor any relief has been claimed in respect thereto. In the circumstances, it would not be open to this Court to consider any such prejudicial effect in this writ petition. In the circumstances, since the substantive relief of release of higher grades granted from due dates has been granted to the petitioner, this petition is dismissed leaving the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy with regard to any other prejudice in appropriate proceedings. As the main writ petition has since been dismissed, all the pending civil miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) July 08, 2010. JUDGE `kk' C.W.P No. 15326 of 1998 (O&M) ::3::