In Brief
Rana Pratap Singh challenged the dismissal of his writ petition seeking promotion to Junior Accounts Clerk. The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous without deciding the merits, and the High Court Division Bench upheld this dismissal without examining other substantive issues raised by the Single Judge. By the time the appeal reached the Supreme Court, Singh had already been promoted to a higher post and had been working there for over eighteen years. The Court held that the Division Bench erred in dismissing the appeal without considering subsequent events and by relying solely on the writ petition's dismissal. The Court allowed the appeal, setting aside both the Single Judge and Division Bench judgments.
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