IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18672 of 2009 Date of Decision: August 17, 2010 Kuldeep Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sharwan Sehgal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing Order dated 28.2.2005 (Annexure P-4) vide which the petitioner has been dismissed from service. The reason for dismissal as pointed out in the impugned order is that the petitioner was involved in a criminal case filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner CWP No.18672 of 2009 [2] contends that the petitioner has been acquitted and thereafter, has been taken back in service. Under the circumstances, no cause of action survives and the petition has been rendered infructuous. 3. In view of the statement of learned counsel for the petitioner, the petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) August 17, 2010 JUDGE avin