Harish Tandon, J.

This writ petition involves a chequered history.

The petitioners being the unsuccessful candidates have challenged the panel prepared in the year 1996 in clear contravention to the statutory rules. Before the bifurcation of the District Medinipore, the vacancies to the post of a primary teacher was notified to the Employment Exchange in the year 1987. Although the Employment Exchange sponsored the names but the selection process could not commence because of the intervening litigations pending in the High Court. By another letter, the District Primary School Council of undivided Medinipore again notified the vacancies occurred between the year 1991 to 1998 and the Employment Exchange sponsored 40,475 names up to the month of November, 1992. Similarly other District Primary School Council also notified the vacancies to the respective Employment Exchanges within the district contemplating the filling up of the post of the primary teacher in the different primary school. Several writ petitions were taken out by an association espousing the cause of the intending aspirants. Challenging the process and the manner of selection being violative of the statutory