WPSS No. 247 of 2003 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. Mr. Pankaj Purohit, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mr. Dinesh Gehtori, Standing Counsel, present for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioners were initially engaged as daily wager – Beldar in the office of Executive Engineer, Prantiya Khand, P.W.D., Chamoli. The services of the petitioners were terminated by an oral order. Consequently, the petitioners have filed this writ petition, wherein an interim order was passed by this Court vide order dated 22.06.2004, since then, the petitioners are working continuously in the office of respondent No. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted at bar that cause of action does not survive and he wishes to withdraw the petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, it is made clear that merely because the petition has been withdrawn, it will prejudice the case of the petitioners in their service. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 18.05.2012 Aswal