IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: December 22, 2009 1. Civil Writ Petition No.995 of 2009 Devdarshan Kaur & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 2. Civil Writ Petition No.1306 of 2009 Chanan Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 3. Civil Writ Petition No.1025 of 2009 Jagdip Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.995 of 2009 [2] 4. Civil Writ Petition No.1023 of 2009 Sumeeta Bhandari & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 5. Civil Writ Petition No.1014 of 2009 Renu & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 6. Civil Writ Petition No.1006 of 2009 Rupinder Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.995 of 2009 [3] 7. Civil Writ Petition No.952 of 2009 Jagtar Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 8. Civil Writ Petition No.19386 of 2009 Jagtar Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This shall dispose of bunch of petitions viz. Civil Writ Petition Nos.995, 1306, CWP No.995 of 2009 [4] 1025, 1023, 1014, 1006, 952 of 2009 and 19386 of 2009 as they involve common questions of facts and law. For reference to record, file of Civil Writ Petition No.995 of 2009, `Devdarshan Kaur & others vs. State of Punjab & others’ is being taken up. Reply filed on behalf of the respondents in Court is taken on record. This petition filed by nine persons under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to implement judgment dated 9.7.2004 rendered by Division Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.19832 of 2003, `Charan Dass Sharma vs. State of Punjab & another’. Gist of the claim is that the petitioners claim seniority in accordance with the merit determined at the time of selection and not as per the date of joining in terms of Rule 11 of Punjab State Education Class III (School Cadre) Service Rules, 1978 which provides that in case of members recruited by direct recruitment, the order of merit determined by the Commission, Board or any other recruiting authority, as the case may be, shall not be disturbed. CWP No.995 of 2009 [5] As per Preliminary Submission No.1 of the reply, the relevant relief has already been given to the petitioners and instructions have been issued. Learned counsel for the respondents contends that in view of the contents of the reply, cause of action does not survive. Learned counsel further states that in all the cases in the bunch, the requisite relief has been given. In view of the above, all the petitions are disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) December 22, 2009 JUDGE avin