IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10687 of 2009 Date of Decision: July 12, 2010 Ajaib Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant protection of Border House Rent Allowance to the petitioners. 2. Reply by way of affidavit of Joginder Kaur, Deputy District Education Officer (EE), Amritsar, has been filed in Court today which is taken on record. Copy has been supplied CWP No.10687 of 2009 [2] to the counsel for the petitioners. 3. As per the reply, the arrear of protection of Border House Rent Allowance has already been released to petitioner Nos.2, 3, 7, 17, 18, 19 and 20. It has further been said in the reply that respondents would also give the benefit to petitioner Nos.1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the said petitioners have been given the benefit and therefore, the petition has been rendered infructuous. 5. The petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) July 12, 2010 JUDGE avin