IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14935 OF 2006 DATE OF DECISION: January 17, 2008 Parties Name Dharamvir Singh and others ..PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Ravi Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana; JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. By filing this writ petition, petitioner prays that order dated May 10, 2006 (Annexure P-9) , vide which promotion to the post of S.S. Master was declined to the petitioner, be quashed. Further challenge is to the advertisement Annexure P-10, vide which applications were invited to fill up vacant posts of S.S. Masters. Today, Shri Rathee has produced on record an affidavit, executed by Rajender Pal Singh, Deputy Director Masters o/o Commissioner & Director General, School Education, Haryana, Chandigarh, wherein it has been stated that as on today, 256 posts, reserved for scheduled caste category candidates, are lying vacant. It is further stated that for promotion against those posts, record of the JBT/C&V Teachers , who were appointed/selected upto December 31, 1995, have been called and on receipt of necessary information, promotion to the posts in question will CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14935 OF 2006 -2- be made as per rules. In view of this, we are of the view that this writ petition has become infructuous and the same is disposed of with directions to the respondents to promote the petitioners as per rules against the posts, lying vacant in their quota. Needful be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Further objections, raised by the petitioner in this writ petition, are left open to be decided at an appropriate stage. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( Jaswant Singh) January 17, 2008. Judge DKC