IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4218 of 2006 Syed Ashraful Huda, son of late Syed Noorul Huda, resident of 207, Wazir Apartment, New Patliputra Colony, Patna-800013. … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. Director General of Police, Government of Bihar, Police Headquarter, Old Secretariat, Patna 3. The Inspector General of Police (Provisions), Government of Bihar, Police Headquartrer, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Provisions), Government of Bihar, Police Headquartrer, Old Secretariat, Patna. 5. M/s Gupta Brothers, Dighwara, Saran ….Respondents ------------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Anil Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nagendra Sharma, AC to GP8 For Respondent no.5: Mr. Abhinay Raj, Advocate ------------- 03/ 23.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State as well as learned counsel for private respondent no.5. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the purchase order dated 06.02.2006, issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Provisions) (respondent no.4) in favour of private respondent no.5 and for directing the authorities not to receive 839 pieces of the Solar Battery charging panels from private respondent no.5 and also not to make any payment in pursuance thereof. 3. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, it is quite apparent that the matter is already more than five years old and the items, for which an order was placed, had been supplied and payment had already been made. 2 4. In the said circumstances, this writ petition has become infructuous and is, accordingly, disposed of. MPS/ ( S. N. Hussain, J.)