IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 274 of 2005 (S/B) 1. Dr. Mahipat Singh Nayal, S/o Sri Dungar Singh Nayal, Veterinary Officer, Key Village, Veterinary Hospital, Haldwani, District Nainital. 2. Dr. Gopal Singh Dhami S/o Sri Nar Singh Dhami Veterinary Officer, Key Village, Veterinary Hospital, Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Dr. Jaman Ram, S/o Sri Ganesh Ram, Chief Technical Officer, I.C.D.P., Haldwani, District Nainital (S.C. Candidate). 4. Dr. Ravindra Chandra, S/o Sri Chani Ram, Veterinary Officer, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar (S.C. Candidate). ……… Petitioners Versus State of Uttaranchal, Through Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Uttaranchal, Dehradun & 24 others. …….. Respondents Mr. Anil Dabral, Advocate representing Mr. D.S. Patni, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Anjali Bhargava, Addl. Standing Counsel (Central Govt.). Mr. Sudhir Singh, Advocate for respondents Nos. 8 to 14, 20, 22 to 25. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon. Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon. P.C. Verma, J. P.C. VERMA, J. (Oral) 1. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following reliefs: “I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the Order dated 22.09.2005 passed by Respondent No. 4 annexed as Annexure No. 1. II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing to Respondents to finally allocate the petitioners to State of Uttaranchal with all consequential benefits. III. Issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. IV. Award cost of the petition in favour of the petitioner.” 2. Ms. Anjali Bhargava, Addl. Standing Counsel appearing for the Union of India has placed on record a fax message of notification dated 13th February, 2006 whereby the petitioners has been allocated to the State of Uttaranchal under Section 73(2) of the U.P. Reorganisation Act. 3. In view of this fact, the writ petition has been rendered infructuous and is dismissed as such. (P.C. Verma, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 15.02.2006 15.02.2006 G