IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 8805 of 1996 Date: 29.08.2005 Between: Md. Sirajuddin, s/o Md. Shamshuddin, R/o Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad. 2 Smt. K. Lalitha, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner herein questions the proceedings of the first respondent dated 15.12.1994 in promoting the second respondent as Head Book Binder in the scale of 950-20-1150-25-1500, as arbitrary and illegal, and has sought for a consequential direction to promote him to the post of Head Book Binder in the first respondent – Salar Jung Museum. The petitioner, as is noticed from the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, was aged about 53 years in 1996 and would be around 62 years of age as on today. At paragraph No.5 of the affidavit it is stated that he was going to retire in a year or two, which would mean that he must have retired from service in the year 1998-99 itself. The cause of action in the writ petition, in view of the retirement of the petitioner, does not survive, since no direction can now be issued to the first respondent to consider the petitioner’s case for promotion to the post of Head Book Binder, after he has retired from service. The writ petition has become infructuous and is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ________________________ Ramesh Ranganathan, J Date: 29.08.2005 va