Writ Petition No. 1490 (SS) of 2001 Old Number 26644 of 1996 Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. By means of this Writ petition the petitioner has prayed to issue a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 9.7.1996 passed by respondent no. 1 by which petitioner has been transferred from one division to another division in the same district of Pithoragarh. The matter relates to transfer. By efflux of time the prayer of the petitioner has become infructuous. Writ petition is dismissed as infructuous accordingly. 22.02.2005 S.K.S. M.M. Ghildiyal, J.