WP(C) 6500/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA.. Heard Mr. R.P. Kakati, learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner as well a s Mr. M.R. Pathak, learned Standing Counsel, Education Department. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a directio n to the respondents to release her salaries stated to be payable from 1997. Apa rt from the fact that there is no averment in the writ petition that she was app ointed pursuant to any regular selection, there is also no plausible and tangib le explanation as to the cause of delay in approaching this Court after long 13 years of alleged non-payment of salary. By Annexure-2 notice, the petitioner was directed to appear before the Executive Magistrate, Karimganj on 21.4.1997 with all relevant papers including t he appointment order. On such appearance, her appointment order has been seized by the Executive Magistrate, as will be eviden t from the Annexure-3 seizure list. Nothing has been stated as to what the peti tioner did after seizure of the appointment order. This Court in case of similarly situated persons, has dismissed the writ petitio n. In this connection, Mr. Pathak, learned Standing Counsel, Education Departmen t has referred to the decision reported in (2009) 2 GLT 159 (Musaraf Hussain Las kar v. State of Assam & Ors.), WP(C) No.3293/2010 (Shia Mohammed Ali v. State of Assam & Ors.) and WP(C) No.6184/2010 (Binod Saharia v. State of Assam & ors). For all the aforesaid reasons, no relief can be granted to the petitioner and co nsequently, the writ petition is dismissed.