IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1897 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision:01.06.2011 Amarjit Prem and others ...Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents II. Civil Writ Petition No.1898 of 1989 (O&M) Harjans Kaur and others ...Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur, Advocate, for Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. K.S.Sivia, DAG, Punjab. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. Both the writ petitions contain a prayer to quash the seniority list as published and the consequent reversion to a lower post. Civil Writ Petition No.1897 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - At the time of ordering notice, this Court has granted status quo. The reliefs have become infructuous by sheer passage of time and it would require no adjudication on merits. The counsel states so and wants disposal as infructuous. 2. As ordered. 3. Both the writ petitions are dismissed as infructuous. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 01 .06.2011 sanjeev