IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 2288 of 2007 Date of decision: 22. 7. 2009 Bheem Chand Sharma …..Petitioner Versus Union of India and ors. ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 . no For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Mohan Goel, Advocate.. For the respondent : Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General of India for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. Raman Sethi, Advocate, for respondent No.3. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). By means of this writ petition, the petitioner had prayed for quashing of the letter dated 22nd August, 2007 Annexure P-7 and P7A, whereby allegedly over paid amount was sought to be recovered from the petitioner. The petitioner had also prayed that a direction be issued to the State Government not to recover any amount from his emoluments. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General has placed on record a communication dated 8th September, 2008 addressed to him by the 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - DPDO, Shimla in which reference is made to the present writ petition and it has been clearly stated that no recovery will be effected from the petitioner in future and he will be continuously paid Dearness Relief/ Dearness Pay. This letter has been taken on record. In view of the averments made in this letter, the petition has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. CMP No. 3481/2007. In view of the dismissal of the main petition, this application is also dismissed. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 22, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)