WP(C) 1947/2008 BEFORE HONBLE MR JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr AM Mazumdar , learned Senior counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr MR Pathak, learned Standing counsel, Education Department. The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to the respondents to provide them with appointment on the basis of the select list drawn up following a selec tion for appointment to the posts of Assistant Teachers under the Education (E lementary) Department, Government of Assam. The petitioners contend that they had participated in the process ini tiated by an advertisement and in the selection conducted by the Selection commi ttee of Darrang District, a list was drawn up in which their names appeared. Tho ugh the process was initiated in the year 1998 for the ban imposed by the gov ernment on appointment , no recruitment on the basis thereof was made. The peti tioners contend that since the ban has been lifted ,the department authorities a re contemplating to make appointment from beyond the select list. This, they a llege is in the offing due to intense political pressure. The learned counsel for the petitioners has reiterated the above in sup port of the prayer for mandamus. Mr Pathak points out that having regard to the remoteness of the selec tion and the antiquity of the list , no appointment on the basis thereof is b eing proposed by the department authorities. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideratio n of the pleaded facts and the documents annexed to the writ petition, this pet ition stands closed with the observation that in case, the State respondents de cide to make appointment on the basis of the aforementioned selection, they wo uld strictly adhere to the merit position in the select list. It, would , howev er be open to them to abandon the process for good and convincing grounds . N o costs.