IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16241 of 2008 Date of Decision: October 05, 2009 Harinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Akshay Kumar Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent Nos.1 to 3. None for respondent Nos.4 to 19. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) By way of this petition, Harinder Singh (petitioner) claims right to appointment as Head Master with the contention that he has higher marks as compared to the persons selected, as per the criteria laid down in advertisement (Annexure P-5). Reply by way of short affidavit of Jagjit Singh Sidhu, Deputy Director (School Administration), Office of Director of Public Instructions (SE), Punjab, has been filed. The CWP No.16241 of 2008 [2] stand of the respondents in Para 2 of the affidavit is to the following effect:- “2. That the grievance of the petitioner has been redressed as the name of the petitioner has been recommended for the purpose of appointment of the petitioner to the post of Headmaster in the Ex-servicemen male category by the concerned chairman vide its memo dated 7-1-2009. However, since all the posts of Headmasters in the category of Male Ex-servicemen have already been filled up, thus in order to appoint the petitioner, the respondents have to proceed against the already appointed candidate at the last position in the category of Male Ex-servicemen in accordance with the law.” Perusal of the above indicates that cause of action does not survive. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous, however, with direction to the respondents to complete the process within two months of receipt of a certified copy of the order. (AJAI LAMBA) October 05, 2009 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?