WP(C) 858/2003 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA. . Heard Mr. M.U. Mahmud, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr. M.K. M isra, learned Standing Counsel, Education Department. The petitioners, who had appeared in the selection for appointment as As sistant Teachers in Primary and Middle Schools under Raha Legislative Assembly C onstituency have filed this writ petition praying for a direction to the respond ents to publish the Select List. According to the petitioners, the particular se lection was conducted in the year 1998 and the Select List was prepared on 28.11 .1998. The Sub-Divisional Level Selection Board, which had conducted the select ion, spent its force on 31.12.1998, as per own admission of the petitioner in pa ragraph 14 of the writ petition. The instant writ petition was filed on 31.1.2003 i.e. after about 5 (fiv e) years of the preparation of the Select List. According to the petitioners, on an earlier occasion, some of them along with others had filed a writ petition b eing WP(C) No.3595/1999 praying for the same direction, as in the instant case. The writ petition was disposed of by order dated 6.8.1999 with the following di rection :- (a) If the select list is prepared for publishing, the Authority shall indicate the names of the candidates strictly on merit and on the basis of the select li st so published, the selected candidates in order of merit shall be appointed. (b) The respondent Authority is directed not to appoint any candidate outside th e select list. In the instant case, the prayer made in the writ petition is as follows :- (i) the respondents No.3, 4 and 5 to forward/transmit the select lists of prima ry school and middle school teachers dated 28.11.98 of Raha Legislative Constitu ency in the District of Nagaon (Assam) (Annexure-C and F) to the Respondent No.2 . (ii) the respondent No.2 to authenticate/approve and publish the said select lis ts dated 28.11.98 in accordance with the law, forthwith. (iii) The Respondents No.3 and 4 to implement lists make appointments from the s aid select lists including present petitioners, forthwith not any outsiders, and upon cause or causes being shown, if any, and after perusal of the record and h earing the matter may be pleased to make the Rule absolute and/or pass such othe r order/orders as Your Lordships may deem fit ad proper. As noted above, some of the petitioners in the instant case were involved in the earlier writ petition being WP(C) No.3595/1999, in which the above quoted order dated 6.8.1999 was passed. In view of the above, if the prayer made in this writ petition is allowe d, same will be repetition of the earlier order dated 6.8.1999 passed in WP(C) N o.3595/1999, in which some of the petitioners were involved. The petitioners hav e also not explained the delay in approaching this Court after preparation of th e Select List wayback in 1998 i.e. 28.11.1998. Mr. Misra, learned Standing Counsel, Education Department submits that t he Select List, even if prepared in the year 1998, cannot be acted upon now havi ng regard to the period that has expired in the meantime. He further submits tha t in the meantime, the number of selection have been held and thus, there is no question of implementing the aforesaid Select List dated 28.11.1998. For all the aforesaid reasons, no relief can be granted to the petitione rs and accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed.