Mohit Kumar Shah, J.—The present writ petition has been filed for directing the respondents to appoint the petitioners on the post of Physical Education Teachers, who are stated to have qualified pursuant to the due process of selection undertaken by the Education Department, Government of Bihar.

2. The brief facts of the case according to the petitioners are that the Education Department, Government of Bihar, had advertised for the post of Physical Education Teacher on 27.4.2016 and the qualification required was prescribed as Bachelor of Physical Education. The petitioners, in light of the said advertisement and having the requisite qualification, had applied for being appointed on the post of Physical Education Teacher by filing application forms before the last date of submission of the same in the concerned offices of the District Education Officers in the State of Bihar, as per the advertisement. Subsequently, the name of the petitioners was depicted in the final merit list published by the Patna Nagar Nigam, Patna, titled as “Secondary Teacher’s Final Merit List (Year 201