IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 19852 of 2010 Date of decision : 28.11.2011 Chiman Lal ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. M.L. Sachdeva, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of mandamus for consideration of his case for promotion to the post of Principal. Learned State counsel at the outset seeks permission of this court to file reply by way of short affidavit of Manjit Singh, Registrar, Office of Director Public Instructions (Secondary Education) Punjab. He has referred to said affidavit and submits that it has been decided to consider the case of petitioner for promotion. If found eligible/suitable, he shall be promoted with effect from due date. He submits that in view of same, present petition has been rendered infructuous. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the aforesaid contention. In view of above, this petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. November 28, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE