Serial Date Order with Signature Office Note as to No. of -of action (if any) Order Order taken on Order 15. 19-12-20 7 Present: Dr. Doma T. Bhutia, Advocate for th petitioners. Mr. S.P. Wangdi, Advocate Gcner with Mr. Karma Thinlay, Govt Advocate for the State-Respondents. Mr. A.K. Upadhyaya, Sr. Advocate wi Ms. Rashmita Rai, Advocate fo Respondent Nos.8 to 16.Thisisawritpetitionat the instance o 9 writ petitioners who were all recruited as Junio Engineers by the Government of Sikkim and ar still working as such. The promotee post is that o an Assistant Engineer. They were all appointed on or abou 15-9-2004. Their grievances are as agains respondent Nos.8 to 17 who were recruited, afte issuance of advertisement and after the holding interviews in three batches. The 17th responde was engaged on 4-2-2002, respondent Nos.8, and 10 on 24-5-2003 and respondent Nos.11 t 16 on 30-7-2003. The first one and the seconbatchweregiventemporaryemploymentandth -,too Order with Signature Off ice Note as to action (if any) taken on Order last batch was given work charge employment. Thereafter on or about 29-12-2005 in exercise o powers under Rule 30 of the Sikkim State Engineering (Civil, Electrical and Mechanical) Service Rules, 1989 they were all regularized. The "rit petitioners feel that they have been unfairly treated and there has been discrimination practiced as against them. Their case is that they are all holders of degrees o Bachelor of Engineering and therefore, had qualification enouch to have the same fate as those who have now become permanent Assistant Engineers. This is a grievance which is felt without any legal basis which can support it. The problems are many in the way of the writ petitioners. First, it was open to them, if they so wanted, to apply for the temporary posts or work charge employment as and when the advertisements were issued. Secondly, after having applied for, and after being absorbed as + A-I_ Serial Date Order with Signature Office Note as to No. of of action (if any) Order Order taken on Order permanent Junior Engineers, according to Servic Rules, they would have to wait for ten years befor they can even be considered for promotion to th posts of Assistant Engineers. This is a service route which they have themselves chosen and they cannot therefore, feel legally aggrieved about some other service route which has proved approve to be more beneficial to some other candidates or employees. It is not that Rule 30 does not exist for regularization, it is not that those who have been working properly in their posts without any complaint cannot be regularized. In these circumstances, the Junior Engineers, wiho are the wit petitioners, and who continue to hold their posts as such, have no gnevance which can be redressed. The writ application is, therefore, dismissed.A.,+--;i,A,i- (A.N. Ray, CJ)(A..Subba,J)