JUDGMENT :

Mansoor Ahmad Mir, Chief Justice (Oral)

Much water has flown down. Nothing survives in this writ petition in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case titled as State of H.P. and others versus Gehar Singh, reported in (2007) 12 Supreme Court Cases 43, and by a Division Bench of this Court in the case titled as Gauri Dutt & ors. versus State of H.P., reported in Latest HLJ 2008 (HP) 366. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed alongwith all pending applications.