WP(C) 181/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Both the writ petitions having been filed on the same set of facts seeking simil ar relief have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common orde r. The petitioners are aspirants for appointment to the post of Constable in the C RPF. They all appeared in the selection, but could not qualify in the selection. The select list was published on 11.6.2010 (Annexure-D to the writ petition). A ccording to the petitioners, although the select list was to be drawn in order o f merit, but the select list itself having stated that the same is not in order of merit, the entire selection process is vitiated. The particular note appended to the select list reads as follows : Note : Selection list is not in order of merit. Selection of the candidates is provisional. Offer of appointment letter to the candidates of Assam State will b e issued only after verification of residential status of the candidates from co ncerned district authorities of the Assam State. As noted above, the petitioners are not the selected candidates and their names have not been included in the select list. The only ground on which the select l ist has been put to challenge is that the same ought to have been drawn in order of merit and not Roll number-wise. Merely because the select list has not been drawn in order of merit, the same by itself will not vitiate the selection proce ss. In the aforesaid note, it has been stated that the selection of the candidat es is provisional and that the appointment letters to the candidates of Assam wi ll be issued only after verification of residential status of the candidates. It is immaterial as to whether the select list is drawn maintaining merit position or maintaining Roll. Number-wise. In the counter affidavit, the respondents have stated that the select list was d isplayed in the Notice Board according to seniority of Roll Nos. in the respecti ve categories for easy access of the candidates. It is not the case of the petit ioners that any appointment has been made in violation of the merit of the candi dates and that but for the publication of the select list Roll number-wise and n ot merit-wise, the petitioners would have been included in the select list. More over, none of the selected candidates is party respondent to this proceeding and no adverse order can be passed against them. For all the aforesaid reasons, no relief can be granted to the petitioners, and consequently the writ petitions are dismissed.