ORDER 1. None appears for the respondents. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant-petitioners stated that in view of the subsequent amendment of Rules, these appeals and petitions have become infructuous. These appeals and petitions are, accordingly, dismissed as such leaving the question of law open to be decided in an appropriate case and further the judgment in Santokh Singh v. Divl. Engineer, Telephones under challenge shall not be treated as a precedent.