IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 1977 of 2010 Date of decision: 27.09.2010 Kashmir Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. H.N. Mehtani, Advocate for respondent No. 1. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. Mr. R.N. Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 4. ******* RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioners have come forward to challenge the appointment of respondent No. 4 on the post of District Fisheries Officer/District Fisheries Officer-cum-Chief Executive Officer etc. Further prayer was to direct the respondents to hold an inquiry as to how respondent No. 4 was appointed ignoring the claim of more deserving meritorious candidates. In response to notice issued, written statement has been filed. Now, counsel for the Commission as well as for the State points out that the candidature of respondent No. 4 has been cancelled on the ground that she was not fulfilling the requisite qualification for this appointment. Accordingly, no cause would remain for adjudication in the present writ petition in terms of the prayer made. However, this will not curtail any right of respondent No. 4 to challenge the order Civil Writ Petition No. 1977 of 2010 -2- now passed. The present writ petition is rendered infructuous and is dismissed as such. September 27, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE