WP(C) 5516/2007 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr. S C Biswas, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Pathak, learned Standing counsel, Education Department, Assam. The petitioner is before this Court with the grievance that the process initiated by the advertisement dated 03.07.2007, by the Principal-in-charge, Ran gia College, Rangia (hereinafter referred to as the ’College’), amongst others f or appointment in the post of Lecturer in Arabic has been deliberately kept inco nclusive, to favour, the respondent No.5. This Court issued notice on 15.10.2007 and by the order dated 30.05.2007, permited the petitioner to cause personal se rvice of notice on respondents No. 3 and 4 namely, the Governing Body of Rangia College, Rangia and the Principal-in-charge, Rangia College, Rangia. The affidav it affirming the service of notice in terms of order has also been filed which d emonstrates that the service on the said respondents is complete. None has, howe ver, entered appearance on behalf of the said respondents. For the order, which is proposed to be passed, it is not necessary to await the service report on res pondent No.5. The petitioner’s pleaded case in short is that the aforementioned advert isement was published to fill up one vacant post each for Lectures in Arabic (un reserved) Assamese and Education. The petitioner offered his candidature for the post of Lecturer in Arabic and being called, appeared in the interview on 25.05 .2007. According to him as per the information received, he topped the list of t he candidates of his subject. The Governing Body however forwarded the proceedin gs of the selection pertaining to the posts of Lecturer of Assamese and Educatio n. Apprehending that the respondent No.5, who was placed at Serial No.3 in the l ist of the recommended candidates would be favoured with the appointment, the pe titioner is before this Court seeking redress. No affidavit having been filed by any of the respondents, the above stat ements remain uncontroverted. Mr. Biswas, has submitted that the petition be closed with a direction t o the respondents No. 3 and 4 to declare the results of the selection. He, howev er, submits on instructions that till date the respondent No.5 has not been appo inted to the advertised post of Lecturer in Arabic. Mr. Pathak confirms that the selection proceeding pertaining to the post of Lecturer in Arabic has not yet been forwarded to the Director of Higher Educ ation, Assam, as required under the extant Rules. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideration of the materials available on record, I am of the opinion that the petition be c losed with the direction to the respondents No. 3 and 4 to disclose their decisi on vis-à-vis the above process of appointment to the post of Lecturer in Arabic. It is, however, made clear that this is not to be construed to be a direction t o the respondent authorities to process the matter in a particular way. As the p etitioner waits in expectation, the process indicated hereinabove, should be com pleted within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the certified co py of this order. No costs.