WP(C) 819/2008 BEFORE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE A.HAZARIKA Heard Mr.K.Paul learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr.B.J.Ghosh learned junior Govt. Advocate. The facts in details need not be gone into. Suffice it to mention that t he petitioners having responded to an advertisement published in the year 1994 for appointment of Village Level Extension Workers(hereafter referred to as the VLEW), were selected and accordingly were included in the select list dated 6. 5.1996. In accordance with the prevalent norms, the candidates selected were sup posed to undergo one year pre-service training on the completion of which they w ere recruited as VLEW. In view of the delay in acting on the select list for the said purpose a nd eventual cancellation thereof on 15.5.2003, several writ petitions were filed before this Court and this Court vide order dated 5.1.2006 passed in WP(C) 6608 /04, interfered with the cancellation order dated 15.5.2003 and directed the res pondent to depute the petitioners therein for training as VLEW on their turn. Si milar orders have been passed in several other writ petitions including WP(C) 12 77/05 and WP(C) 119/07 wherein the same relief has been extended to the petition ers therein. The present petitioners are before this Court with a grievance that insp ite of the clear and categorical directions of this Court, they are yet not depu ted for training. In WP(C) 2425/07 which was disposed of vide order dated 14.9.0 7 by this Court, the Director of Agriculture, Assam, has admitted that the afo rementioned select list is still in force and that the same has not yet been su bstituted. In the above view of the matter, there is no justifiable reasons to depr ive the petitioner of the benefit of undertaking the VLEW training as has been a ccorded to persons similarly situated. The instant petition is, therefore, disposed of with a direction to the respondents, more particular ly, the Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Agriculture Department, and Director of Agriculture, Assam, to cause immediate steps to be taken for de puting the petitioner for the above training in accordance with his position in the said select list. No costs.