THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.12254 of 1996 Dt.30-03-2007 Between: 1.S.M.N.Nabi and others. ..Petitioners and 1. Girijan Cooperative corporation Ltd. rep. by its Managing director, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Dist. and others. ..Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.12254 of 1996 Oral Order: Petitioners, who are five in number, filed this writ petition to declare the postings of respondents 3 to 7 as Junior Manager (Accounts) ignoring their claims as illegal, contrary to rules and for appropriate relief. The case of the petitioners is that they were appointed as Junior Accountants in the year 1977 and for promotion to the next cadre i.e. Senior Accountants a pass in accounts test—Subordinate Officers part-I and Part-II is required. Petitioners by passing the accounts test qualified for the post of Senior Accountants in the year 1982 itself. Though there are 10 vacancies of Senior Accounts which were not filled up and ultimately they were promoted as Senior Accountants on 12-06-1990. The next promotion they are entitled to is Assistant Accounts Officer, which is designated as Junior Manager (Accounts). The respondents who are in the cadre of Senior Assistants were promoted as Junior Managers (Accounts) in 1994. Hence, the writ petition. When the writ petition is taken up for hearing it was represented by the learned counsel for the respondent-Corporation that all the petitioners were promoted as Junior Manager (Accounts) on 25-11-2005 except petitioner No.3 who opted for voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) and retired as such on 30-06-2001. Respondent No.3 also opted for VRS and retired from service on 13-06-2001. Respondent Nos.4 to 7 were retired from service on 31-03-2005, 31- 01-2000, 30-06-2006 and 31-12-2004 respectively on attaining the age of superannuation. In view of promotion of all the petitioners and retirement of the respondents 4 to 7 from service, no cause survives in the writ petition and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. 30-03-2007 Murthy