WP(C) 219/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA By mans of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a direction to th e respondents to allow him to continue in his contractual employment. Admittedly , the petitioners were appointed under the particular scheme clearly stipulating that their contractual appointment would continue only for the period mentioned in the engagement letters. They also executed an agreement stipulating the cont ractual appointment and the duration thereof. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondents it has been stated tha t the contractual appointments were under DRDA, Sivasagar Gaon Panchayat for imp lementation of NREGA. In the engagement order, it was specifically mentioned tha t the appointment is of contractual basis upto 31/03/2009. As regard the allegat ion of some others being appointed, it has been stated that under the 100 days a ction plan under NREGA, the district was to engage one Accredited Engineer per 5 (five) Nos. of Gaon Panchayat, 1 (one) Computer Assistant and 1 (one) Account A ssistant per block and 1 (one) GRS per G.P. Accordingly, they were engaged for t he period from Nov, 209 to January, 2010. The petitioners having been appointed only on contract basis of limited duration cannot pray for continuation of such employment de hors the scheme of N REGA. Writ petition is dismissed.