WA 381/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI. THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY Ranjan Gogoi, J. The writ appellants, who are five in number, are working either as Assistant Soi l Conservation Officer or Soil Conservation Rangers under the Government of Assa m. They are aggrieved by an advertisement dated 12.6.2008 issued by the Assam Pu blic Service Commission inviting applications for filling up certain vacant post s of Assistant Soil Conservation Officers and Soil Conservation Rangers. The cha llenge made by the appellants before the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.4874 o f 2008 having been dismissed this appeal has been filed. At the hearing Sri S.S.Dey, learned counsel for the appellants, has urged that t he challenge to the advertisement in question is being pressed by him only on th e ground that the upper age limit fixed by the advertisement is 38 years whereas under the Government norms it should be 30 years. Assuming that the upper age l imit fixed by the advertisement is contrary to the Government norms in force it is difficult for us to understand as to how the appellants/writ petitioners, who are serving employees, can have any grievance. No legal right of the appellants /writ petitioners or any condition of service governing them can be said to have been affected by the impugned advertisement. In such circumstances, we will hav e no occasion to interfere with the dismissal of the writ petition ordered by th e learned Single Judge by the impugned order dated 21.11.2008 passed in WP(C) No .4874 of 2008. The appellants/writ petitioners being existing service holders and their legal r ights not being violated in any manner by the impugned advertisement dated 12.6. 2008 we are satisfied to record the view that the present writ petition, indeed, is a vexatious one. Not only the valuable time of the Court has been wasted, th e selection process undertaken by the Public Service Commission had also been br ought to a halt. In such circumstances, we deem it appropriate to impose cost wh ich is quantified at Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand) only for each of the app ellants/writ petitioners. The cost amount will be paid to the account of the Hig h Court Legal Service Committee within a period of four weeks from today. Interim order, if any, shall stand vacated. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed.