WP(C) 6220/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY Heard Mr RPN Singh, the learned counsel for the petitioners and Dr B Ahmed, the learned standing counsel for the Irrigation Department. The petitioners served as fixed pay employees under the Assam State Minor Irriga tion Development Corporation Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation ) and were given VRS by notification dated 13.5.2005 (Annexure-5). They have appro ached the court for a direction for their absorption in the Irrigation Departmen t and quashing the VRS notification. This court in a related case i.e. WP(C) No. 7383/2005 has held that the employees of the Corporation are entitled to VRS ben efits. In WA No.60/2009, a Division Bench of this court on 15.5.2009 had declare d that the retrenched employees of the Corporation don’t have any enforceable ri ght, to claim absorption in the Irrigation Department, after closure of the Corp oration. Considering the fact that VRS benefits were received by the petitioners in pursu ant to the notification dated 13.5.2005 (Annexure-5) and bearing in mind the jud gments in respect of similarly situated employees of the Corporation, who were g iven VRS, I see no merit in the present case and the same is accordingly dismiss ed. However, dismissal of the writ petition will not foreclose the option of the emp loyees to receive VRS benefits, if unpaid, from the concerned authorities.