WP(C) 3905/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Ms Bora, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr Ghosh, learned State counsel. The grievance of the petitioner is against the rejection of his candida ture for selection initiated by the advertisement dated 28.5.2009 by the Departm ent of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary , Govt. of Assam for appointment to the p ost of Veterinary Field Assistant on being overaged. The last date of receipt o f applications from the intending eligible candidates expired on the 15th day o f the date of publication of the advertisement. The petitioner has asserted th at as no selection was held since 1997 when he had appeared in an identical pro cess unsuccessfully till 2009 ,he had been rendered overaged and thus ineligibl e to apply for a public post. Appropriate direction has therefore been sought f or redressal. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideration of the pleaded facts, this Court does not consider it to be a fit case for issu ance of any writ and/or direction as prayed for. Noticeably, the last date of receipt of applications in response to the advertisement had expired long back in the month of June,2009. The petitioner h as approached this Court on 10/9/2009 almost three months thereafter. Apartheref rom, he having been rejected on the ground of overage as per the stipulations contained in the advertisement, it is not within the purview of the power of ju dicial review to issue any direction to the administrative authorities to condon e his disqualification on this count. There is no scope either to leave the pe titioner at liberty to submit a representation before the authority concerned in this regard, the last date of submission of the application having been elap sed as alluded hereinabove. In the above premise, the petition lacks in merit and is rejected. No co sts.