IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7715 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.09.2011 Ram Bhagat Aggarwal son of Shri Kanwar Lal, Sub Divisional Engineer, PWD (B&R), Sirsa, resident of B-II, PWD Colony, Hisar Road, Sirsa. ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana, through Secretary to Government, Haryana, Local Self Government Department, Haryana, Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Satbir Singh Goripuria, DAG, Haryana. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) At the previous hearing on 30.03.2010, there was no representation for the petitioner and the Court had directed the counsel for the State to inform whether the cause of action still survives in the petition. The petition related to the proceedings that were sought to be taken under the Public Premises Act where the petitioner claimed his right to continuation in possession when he had been transferred out. The counsel for the State says on Civil Writ Petition No.7715 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - instructions from the Executive Engineer, Provincial Division No.1, PWD, B & R Branch, Sirsa, that the petitioner had retired from service and had also vacated the government quarter long time ago. There is no surviving cause of action for consideration of the matter raised in the writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 22.09.2011 sanjeev