IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 30-06-2008 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition No.16603 of 2006 (O.A.No.7615 of 1995) 1.Dhanasekaran 2.PT.V.Mohan 3.S.R.Rajaram .. Petitioners/Applicant Versus 1.The Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Fort St. George, Madras-600 009. 2.The Chief Engineer, Highways and Rural Works, Chepauk, Madras-600 005. 3.P.Ramalingam 4.S.Govindan 5.Siva Balasubramanian 6.P.K.Damodharan 7.R.Krishnamurthy 8.M.Mohammed Yacoob 9.D.Chandrasekaran 10.S.M.Nasirudeen 11.M.Muthuramalingam 12.S.Pal 13.S.Jayapal 14.A.Ravindran 15.K.Veluchamy 16.MM.Mugamathusalaguthen 17.S.Elango 18.N.Vanamurthy 19.V.Raveendran 20.M.MD.Sultan 21.M.A.Ananullah 22.K.Lakshmanan 23.N.Viswanathan 24.V.Muthsamy 25.B.Ranganathan 26.s.P.K.Balasubramanian 27.V.Duraisamy 28.L.Anthonisamy 29.R.V.Ramamoorthy 30.A.K.Jeelani Badsha https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 31.R.Roy 32.C.Prabakaran 33.M.Nanadev 34.L.Srinivasan 35.M.S.Ramanujan 36.V.Jayaraman 37.S.Mohammed Radhamathullah 38.S.Anandan 39.V.Vaithinathan 40.A.Chelladurai. .. Respondents. Prayer: This petition has been filed seeking for a writ of Certiorari, to call for the records relating to the order of the 2nd respondent, dated 27.10.1995, issued in Ref.No.Proceedings Lr.No.555/A2/95-285 and quash the same. For Petitioners : Ms.Dhanalakshmi For Respondents : Mr.T.Sreenivasan Government Advocate (R1 & R2) O R D E R Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the first and second respondents. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that all the three petitioners have been working as Assistant Engineers, Selection Grade, in the Panchayat Union, Nagapattinam. In spite of the fact that all the three petitioners have been qualified to be promoted as Assistant Divisional Engineers, they have not been considered for such promotion. However, the persons who were junior in rank to the petitioners have been promoted. 3. At the time of the hearing of the writ petition, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents had placed before this Court, a communication, in Letter No.26145/Nir.1(2)/2008-1, Dated:26.06.2008, sent by the Chief Engineer (General), High Ways, Chepauk, Chennai-5, which is as follows: "I have to state that the petitioners of the above said case had already promoted from the post of Assistant Engineer to Assistant Divisional Engineer, and they are relieved from the service in the post of Assistant Divisional Engineer at the time of superannuation. The details of the three persons are given below: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Sl.No. Name and Date of Birth Date if Promotion in C.E's Proc.No. Date of Retirement 1. Thiru.S.Dhanasekaran DOB:06.04.1942 C.E's Proc.No.777/A.2/1998- 22, Dated 16.04.1998 30.04.2000 A.N 2. Thiru.P.T.V.Mohan, DOB:10.06.1946 C.E's Proc.No.777/A.2/1998- 22, Dated 16.04.1998 30.10.2001 A.N From V.R.S. 3. Thiru.S.R.Rajaram, DOB:04.07.1945 C.E's Proc.No.777/A.2/1998- 22, Dated 16.04.1998 31.07.2003 A.N 4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners has submitted that in view of the communication, dated 26.06.2008, no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Hence, recording the said communication and the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, this petition is closed. No costs. Sd/- Asst. Registrar. /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar. csh To 1.The Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Fort St. George, Madras-600 009. 2.The Chief Engineer, Highways and Rural Works, Chepauk, Madras-600 005. Writ Petition No.16603 of 2006 KSK {CO} TP/7.7.08. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/