IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4422 of 1998 SONADHARI RAM son of late Mangaru Ram posted as Inspector (opr.) Police Radio R.X. Building Baily Road, Patna District Patna. . . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR through Secretary to Government, Home (Police) Department, Government of Bihar, Main Secretariate, Patna. 2. Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 3. Director, General of Police (Tech-services) Computer Bhawan, Baily Road, Patna. 4. Inspector General of Police (Communication Modernization Computer Bhawan, Baily Road, Patna. 5. D.I.G. (Communication) Police Radio Head quarter, Raj Banshinagar, Baily Road, Patna. 6. A.I.G. (Wireless), Police Radio Head quarter, Raj Banshinagar, Baily Road, Patna. 7. Suresh Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Operational), Police Radio, Bihar. 8. Rajeshwar Singh, father name not know, retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (Operational), Police Radio, Bihar. 9. Chandeshwar Singh, name of the father not known, Retired Inspector (Communication), C/O Additional Director General of Police (Technical Services), Computer Bhawan Baily Road, Patna. 10. Addl. Secretary, Home (police) Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. . . . . .Respondents. ----------- 9/ 24.01.2011 None appears on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha, learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.4, is present. In the instant writ application, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the notification dated 11.09.1997, by which respondent nos. 7 to 9 promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. It would appear from the relief portion that the petitioner had challenged the notification order by which promotion was granted way back on 11.09.1997. 2. The State has filed its supplementary counter affidavit, wherein it has been stated that the writ petitioner has been granted promotion on 16.07.2010 and he has now retired from service. 2 As the writ petitioner has already granted promotion, we do not find that anything much has remained surviving for consideration. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. Uday/ (S.K. Katriar, J.) (S. P. Singh, J.)