IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4322 of 2009 Date of Decision: October 13, 2010 Daljit Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Puran Chand Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. Mukesh Bhatnagar, Advocate, for respondent Nos.3 to 6. Mr. H.S. Saggu, Advocate, for respondent No.7. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. When the matter was taken up on 8.9.2010, the following order was passed:- “Stand of the respondent-State in brief is that the petitioner had one adverse entry in his ACR (Annual Confidential Report) for the period 2004-2005 and therefore, he could not be promoted in 2009. On specific query of the Court, however, I find that the petitioner earned a B+ entry which cannot possibly be termed as adverse. Any remark in any column, under the circumstances, can only be advisory in nature to enable the petitioner to improve further and not adverse. CWP No.4322 of 2009 [2] Adjourned to 13.10.2010. Director, Department of Information and Public Relation, Punjab, is directed to re-address the issue in context of the case and file his response within three weeks from today. In case, needful is not done, the respondent-State would be burdened with costs amounting to Rs.5,000/-. Copy of the order be given under signatures of the Bench Reader, to Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for compliance.” 2. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has filed an affidavit in Court which is taken on record. It has been made out that the petitioner has been promoted as Senior Assistant vide Order dated 4.2.2010 (Annexure R-1). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that cause of action does not survive. 4. In view of the above, the petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) October 13, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?