WP(C) 1058/2006 BEFORE THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MR B.K. SHARMA By means of these writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the em ployment notice dated 7.1.2005 and the consequential selection and appointment t o Grade-III and Grade-IV posts under Social Welfare Department. By the said empl oyment notice, candidatures from Employment Exchange registered candidates were called for. According to the petitioners, although their names were registered w ith the Employment Exchanges but they were not sponsored for appearing in the se lection. The writ petitions were filed not at the initial stage of initiation of the selection process but only after the selection was finalized and appointment s have been made. The appointees are continuing in their services for the last f ive years. I have heard Mr. A.R. Sikdar, learned counsel for the petitioners as wel l as Mr. B.K. Sarma, learned Standing Counsel, Social Welfare Department. I have also heard Mr. S. Khound, learned Standing Counsel, BTC. The petitioners may have a genuine grievance for not sponsoring their na mes by the Employment Exchanges. However, only on that ground the selection cond ucted and appointments made there after cannot be interfered with. Moreso, when the selected candidates are not party respondents to this proceeding. As noted a bove, the petitioners also did not approach this Court before the selection when their names were not sponsored by the Employment Exchanges. Even if the petitioners were not sponsored by the Employment Exchanges, the petitioners could have approached the authorities in the Social Welfare Depa rtment by submitting individual applications offering their candidatures, which they did not do. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioners and ac cordingly the writ petitions are dismissed, without however, any order as to cos ts.