IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13823 of 2009 Date of Decision : March 08, 2010. Amarjit Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Gurpreet Singh, Advocate, for Mr.O.S.Batalvi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 8.7.2009 (Annexure P-5) vide which the Local Rank of ASI granted to him has been ordered to be withdrawn. The petitioner was granted the Local Rank of ASI on 27.2.2009 i.e. without the pay scale admissible to the said post, which was later on withdrawn vide the impugned order dated 8.7.2009 (Annexure P5). While issuing notice of motion, operation of the above- mentioned impugned order was stayed by this Court. C.W.P.No .13823 of 2009 2 Meanwhile, the petitioner has retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.10.2009. In this manner, the petitioner continued to enjoy the Local Rank of ASI till his retirement. As the pay scale of ASI was not granted to the petitioner earlier, the impugned order does not effect him in any manner after his retirement. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having rendered infructuous. March 08, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE