2025:UHC:6170-DB SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSB/135/2012 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J. Ms. Anupriya Kukreti, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. M.C. Pant, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Puran Singh Bisht, Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner makes a statement at the bar that since the petitioner has passed away during pendency of the writ petition, therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. 4. Perusal of the relief clause reveals that petitioner had sought benefit of promoted pay scale w.e.f. the date when it was given to his juniors and he also sought a direction to consider his case for promotion to IAS cadre. Upon death of the petitioner, these reliefs cannot be granted. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. (Subhash Upadhyay, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 16.07.2025 Navin NAVEEN CHANDRA Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006da 82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643A F56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025.07.16 16:50:33 +05'30'