IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5088 of 2007 Date of Decision: January 21, 2009 Devinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Food Corporation of India & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - None for the petitioner. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Challenge in this petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India is to order dated 6.7.2006 (Annexure P-6) passed by the Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India whereunder the punishing authority has imposed minor penalty of Rs.2 lac. Learned counsel for the respondents has pointed out that statutory appeal had been filed by the petitioner. Without awaiting the result thereof, the petition had been filed. The appellate authority has since decided the appeal on 29.1.2008. Since the order impugned in this petition has merged in the subsequent order passed CWP No.5088 of 2007 [2] by the appellate authority, this petition is dismissed as subsequent order has not been challenged. The petitioner, however, shall be at liberty to avail of his legal remedies against order passed by the appellate authority. (AJAI LAMBA) January 21, 2009 JUDGE avin