IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3636 of 2010 Naresh Mahto Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- 3. 28.6.2011. None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. A.K.Jha, Assisting Counsel to learned SC-6 for the State appears and submits that the cause of action has lapsed by passage of time. He submits that the petitioner had questioned the legality of the show cause notice dated 19.2.2010 as contained in Annexure-8 to the I.A.No.2655 of 2010 issued in purported exercise of power under section 18(5) of the Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 seeking removal of the petitioner from the post of Mukhiya. It is submitted that the show cause itself was stayed by an order of this Court dated 24.5.2010. The tenure of the Mukhiya expired in March, 2011 and whereafter even fresh elections have taken place and as such, the writ petition has become infructuous. Considering the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of as having become infructuous. ahk (Jyoti Saran, J.)