WP(C) 1859/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HN SARMA Heard Mr. A. Mannaf, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. MK Misra, learned Standing counsel, Education Department and Mr. Sarma, learned Standing counsel, SSA. The petitioners are Siksha Mitras and Additional Siksha Mitras o f different Educational Guarantee Scheme Centers( for short, hereinafter called as ’EGS’ ) located within the Mankachar Block in the District of Dhubri, Assam. They are aggrieved by the abrupt closure of their centers by the order impugned herein. It is submitted at the Bar that the issue involved is squarely c overed by the decision rendered on 3.8.2009 in a series of writ petitions, the l ead case being WP ( C) No. 5019/2008. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consi deration of the pleaded facts and also the determination made in the aforesaid o rder, this Court is of the view that the instant petition can also be closed in the same lines. For immediate reference, the operative portion of the above orde r is quoted below: Having regard to the interest of the beneficiaries at whom the scheme is targeted and considering the distance norms laid down under the scheme, I fe el that these writ petitions should be disposed of by directing the respondents to issue a show cause notice to give an opportunity to the respective writ petit ioners to show that the concerned EGS Centers have been set up and are functioni ng at a distance of more than 1.5 km from a regular school. If any of the concer ned Centers are not able to fulfill the distance norms as noted above, necessary action for closing down such centers may then be taken by the respondents after considering the show cause reply and due verification. The necessary exercise as indicated above is ordered to be carried ou t within a period of 6 weeks from today and until a fresh decision is taken by t he respondents, the petitioner RGS Centres within which we are concerned in thes e writ petitions, may be allowed to continue functioning till such decision. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed with necessa ry directions as contained in the above quoted extract. No costs.