CWP No. 9777 of 1992 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 9777 of 1992 Date of Decision:6.2.2009 Gulshan Kumar and others ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta. Present: None for the petitioners. Ms. Madhu Dayal, Additional AG, Punjab. HEMANT GUPTA, J (Oral). The claim in the present writ petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to call for fresh lists of eligible candidates from different Employment Exchanges in the State of Punjab and to allow the petitioners to compete with others for appointment as Social Studies Masters/Mathematics Masters. It is pointed out that a Departmental Selection Committee was constituted in the year 1990 for holding the interviews and making selection for the post of Social Studies Masters/Mathematics Masters, by way of direct recruitment, but the appointment could not be made. Subsequently, a new Departmental Selection Committee was constituted, under the Chairmanship of Shri M.L. Sachdeva, Deputy Director (Secondary). The said Selection Committee, proceeded with the selection process without calling for fresh lists of eligible candidates from different Employment Exchanges in the State of Punjab and by calling the candidates for interviews, whose names were sponsored by the Employment Exchange upto the month of September, CWP No. 9777 of 1992 (2) 1990. The grievance of the petitioner was that such process initiated by the Departmental Selection Committee is not fair. In reply, it was pointed out that the Government has decided to dissolve the Departmental Selection Committee and to reconstitute various Departmental Selection Committees to recruit number of posts of different cadres. In view of the said averment, number of writ petitions were decided on 30.10.1992, when the following order was passed:- “An affidavit has been filed by Mr. M.L. Sachdeva, Ex- Chairman, Departmental Selection Committee. On the authority of this, Mr. Varinder Pal Singh, learned AAG, Punjab states that all the petitioners shall be permitted to apply for the posts for which a fresh advertisement has already been issued on 19.8.1992. Resultantly, the petitioners shall be considered along with other competitors. This has rendered the writ petition infructuous. Disposed of accordingly.” A fresh advertisement has already been issued on 19.8.1992 i.e. after the present writ petition was admitted for final hearing. In view of the abovesaid order, the present petition does not survive. Dismissed as having rendered infructuous. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 06-02-2009 ds