WA 325/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.MADAN B.LOKUR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. MERUNO The appellants are aggrieved by an order dated 27th July, 2010 passed by a learn ed Single Judge in WP(C) No.5277 of 2004. The case of the appellants was that they ought to have been absorbed in the Beng ali Girls High School, Paltanbazar, Guwahati when two posts were available for p rovincialisation. This was some time in 1996. At that time, the respondents abso rbed two other teachers namely, Smti.Archana Bose and Smti.Helan Dutta. According to the appellants even though they were not absorbed in 1996, their se rvices were utilized by the respondents and were continued up to 2004 until thei r termination. The learned Single Judge has concluded that the cause of action had arisen in th e year 1996 but the appellants failed to pursue their case until the writ petiti on was filed some time in 2004 and as such the writ petition is highly belated. It was also noted by the learned Single Judge that in 1996 only two posts were p rovincialised by the Government and against those two posts, the two teachers me ntioned above were absorbed and even then the appellants did not take any steps to pursue their case. Finally, the learned Single Judge concluded that one of the appellants has since superannuated and the other is on the verge of superannuation and in any case i f the respondents are directed to consider the case of the appellants with effec t from 1996 it would be an academic exercise and may not even be possible to giv e effect to. We are of the view that the opinion expressed by the learned Single Judge is une xceptionable. The writ petition was filed by the appellants after an unexplaine d delay of almost 8 years and even otherwise the same was devoid of merit. The writ appeal is dismissed in view of the above.