CWP No. 13406 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 13406 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: August 03, 2010 Subhash Chander Batra .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and others ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: None for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Manu K. Bhandari, Advocate, for respondent no. 5. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing order dated 23.07.2008 placed on record as Annexure P- 12 whereby, respondent no. 5 Smt. Subtinder Kaur, S.S. Mistress, Government Senior Secondary School, Bhupal, District Patiala, was posted against a vacant post in Government Senior Secondary School, Bhupal after promotion from Master cadre to the post of Lecturer. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has pointed out that the petitioner retired on 31.05.2008. Thereafter the petitioner was re-employed in view of Punjab Teachers Re-employment Act, 2006. The said Act of CWP No. 13406 of 2008 2 2006 was framed with the objective that there should not be any disruption in the studies of the students due to retirement of the teacher in an academic session. Learned counsel further contends that the Punjab School Teachers Re-employment Act has been repealed in 2009. The petitioner was allowed to continue on re-employment till 25.07.2008 and the petitioner has been paid for the said period. Learned counsel states that in view of these events, the matter has been rendered infructuous. 3. Disposed of as infructuous. 03.08.2010 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE