IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8324 OF 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: August 04, 2009. Parties Name Khalsa High School Management Committee, Mansa ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Naresh K. Joshi, Advocate, with Mr. R.V.S. Chugh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Sharma, Addl. A.G, Punjab JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. CM No. 12863 of 2009: Allowed as prayed for. CM No. 12864 of 2009: This application has been filed with a prayer to implead the applicant as one of the respondents. It is contention of counsel for the applicant that the applicant, being a correspondent appointed under the provisions of Education Code, to run the Institution(petitioner) is a necessary party. To this prayer, counsel for the petitioner has not raised any objection. Accordingly, this application is allowed and applicant is ordered to be impleaded as respondent No. 9, in this writ petition. CWP No. 8324 of 2009: By filing this writ petition, a prayer has been made that directions be issued to the respondents to auction vacant agricultural land, which is ownership of the petitioner – School, in a transparent manner. Counsel for the respondent No. 9 has put on record photo copies of the proceeding register and receipts of the HDFC Bank for deposit of amount, to show that the land in question was put to auction under his supervision on April 26, 2009, for an amount of Rs. 6,21,000/-. It has further been stated that the entire amount is lying deposited in the HDFC Bank at Mansa. If that is so, this writ petition has become infructuous. In view of above, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing direction to respondent No. 9 to deposit amount of Rs. 6,21,000/- in Fixed Deposit, in the H.D.F.C. Bank, fetching the highest rate of interest. He shall not spend the amount in question till litigation comes to an end. With above mentioned observation, this writ petition stands disposed of. August 04, 2009 ( Jasbir Singh ) DKC Judge