IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 4076 of 2001 DATE OF DECISION : JULY 13, 2009 DHARAMVIR PARTAP ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. TPS Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) Dharamvir Partap has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing order dated 5.2.2001 (Annexure P-4) under which respondent No.2-Shri Harpal Singh, Superintending Engineer, an officer junior to the petitioner, had been given Current Duty Charge of Chief Engineer. The other prayer made in the petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.1 to promote the Civil Writ Petition No. 4076 of 2001 2 petitioner to the post of Chief Engineer, reserved for officers belonging to Scheduled Castes, which is lying vacant since 1.4.2000, as per instructions dated 4.5.1974 (Annexure P-6). So far as the first prayer is concerned, the cause of action does not survive as on date. The petitioner has already been given promotion after the Departmental Promotion Committee held a meeting. The petitioner was promoted as Chief Engineer on 30.6.2003. So far as the second claim of the petitioner is concerned viz. for promotion as Chief Engineer on the ground that a person junior to the petitioner i.e. respondent No.2, had been promoted earlier in time, learned counsel for the respondent-State has informed the court that respondent No.2 was promoted on a date subsequent to the date of promotion of the petitioner. In view of the above, the cause of action does not survive in this petition and the same is, accordingly, disposed of as infructuous. July 13, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?