IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Regular Second Appeal No.3741 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: 3rd August, 2011 State of Haryana and others … Appellants Versus Development Strategies (I) Pvt. Ltd. and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Narinder Hooda, Sr. Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, for the appellants. Mr. Akshay Bhan, Advocate with Mr. Animesh Sharma, Advocate for the respondents. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the parties are in agreement that by efflux of time, the present appeal has been rendered infructuous, as the period of contract/lease has expired and the security deposited by the respondents-plaintiffs has been adjusted by the appellants-defendants. However, Mr.Narinder Hooda, Senior Additional Advocate General, Haryana, appearing on behalf of the appellants-defendants, states that as a matter of abundant caution it be observed that any finding recorded by the courts below shall not be a precedent binding. Ld. counsel for the respondents-plaintiffs, states that the impugned judgments are the judgments in persona and not in rem, therefore, any finding given will only bind the parties and cannot be taken as a precedent. Without going into this contention, since the parties are in agreement, the present appeal is dismissed having been rendered Regular Second Appeal No.3741 of 2008 (O&M) infructuous. However, anything said by the courts below will not be a precedent binding. Since the appeal has been rendered infructuous, no separate orders are required to be passed in the various applications which are pending in this case. They stand disposed of accordingly. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE August 3, 2011 rps 2