IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 760 of 2004 Date of decision: 22.07.2008 Smt. Nirmala Devi … Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. … Respondents Coram : The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner: Mr. Raj Negi vice Mr. B.C. Negi, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. R.M. Bisht, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, Deputy Advocate General. Per Deepak Gupta, J. (Oral): The petitioner was transferred from Government Primary School Chakkar to Government Primary School Thund Karoli. She challenged her transfer order by filing Original Application No. 2963 of 2004 before the learned Tribunal. The learned Tribunal refused to grant stay to the petitioner. Aggrieved by the refusal to grant stay, she approached this Court and on 12.10.2004, this Court had granted an ad-interim stay order in favour of the petitioner. This stay order was continued and the interim order was confirmed on 24.11.2004. Now we are in the year 2008. More than four years have elapsed and there is no reason why the petitioner should continue to stay at her original place of posting. Therefore, not only the writ petition but the Original 1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 Application itself have become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as infructuous. In view of the orders passed in the main petition, all the pending Misc. Applications, if any, shall stand disposed of. The stay order passed on 12.10.2004 in CMP No.1461 of 2004 and confirmed on 24.11.2004 stands vacated. ( Deepak Gupta ), Judge July 22, 2008 ( V.K. Ahuja ), (BSS) Judge