HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 144 of 2008 (M/S) Umesh Arora …… Petitioner Versus Almora Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd. and others …… Respondents Mr. Sharad Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Alok Mehra, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Manoj Tiwari, learned counsel for the respondent no. 1. 27th March, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition challenging the paper publication dated 30.12.2007 by which the respondents had called a joint meeting of the Boards for amalgamation of two cooperative banks. However, a statement has been made before this Court by Mr. Pankaj Purohit, learned counsel for respondent no. 2 that the amalgamation which is under challenge has already taken place and, therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also filed an application for withdrawal of the writ petition in the light of the aforesaid new development, since the filing of the present writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner further states that there is a remedy of appeal before the Registrar Cooperative Society under Section 98 of the Uttaranchal Cooperative Societies Act, 2003, which he has also availed. Writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as withdrawn. However, it is clarified that this order will not cause any prejudice to the case of the petitioner before the appellate authority. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 27.3.2009 Avneet