WP(C) 4344/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I. A. ANSARI Heard Mr. D. Baruah, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr . N. Goswami, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The petitioners, who are casual employees of Assam Power Distrib ution Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as ’the Company’), claim to have been serving as sahayak, meter reader, bill clerk, etc. The Company formulated a policy that 50% vacant posts of sahayak would be filled up by departmental cand idates, who have been serving on casual basis having three years of experience o f working as sahayak, and the remaining 50% posts were to be filled up from the candidates from the open market having requisite qualification, namely, a pass c ertificate from Industrial Training Institute. In the year 2010, the Company dec ided to fill up as many as 141 vacant posts of Sahayak and the persons, working as casual employees under the Company, were allowed to offer their candidature a gainst the 50% quota meant for the casual employees of the Company. The petition ers applied under the said quota. The grievance of the petitioner’s is that the not only the private respondents, namely, respondent Nos.6, 7 and 8, but several others, who had not worked as casual employees of the Company, or many of whom, who might have worked as casual employees but did not have requisite experience , have been selected for appointment as Sahayak. The selection of such persons, petitioners allege, has led to denial of selection, which was, otherwise, rightf ully due to the petitioners. The grievance of the petitioners, in reality, relat e to questions of fact and call for an independent and dispassionate enquiry by the Company at the appropriate level. With the above end in view, this writ petition is disposed with direction to the Chairman, Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, to hold an enquiry into the matter and do the needful in accordance with law. If any of the persons, who have been selected as Sahayak on the basis of the quota of 50% mea nt for the casual employees of the Company, such person’s selection and appointm ent, if already made, shall be terminated in accordance with law and by observin g the principles of natural justice. If selection for appointment, which forms t he subject matter of controversy in the writ petition, has been made , but no ap pointment has been made so far, no such appointment shall be made until the time the enquiry is complete and definite findings are reached. The whole exercise, so directed, shall be completed within a period of three months from today. What ever be the result of the enquiry, the same shall be published and made known, i n writing, to the petitioners, who shall remain at liberty, if they feel aggriev ed, to take recourse to such provisions of law as may be permissible. Furnish a copy of this order to the learned counsel for the resp ondent-Company.