JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. M.U. Mondal, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. A. Phukan, learned counsel for the respondents in the Elementary Education Department of Government of Assam, Mr. B. Choudhury, learned counsel for the respondents in the SSA and as well as BTC respectively and Ms. D.D. Barman, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate for the respondent No. 6 being the Deputy Commissioner, Chirang.

2. This writ petition is instituted by Jiban Ch. Barman and Monjit Kumar Brahma both being teachers of Beltoli Nabajyoti LP School which is a mixed medium school. It is stated that the petitioner No. 1 Jiban Ch. Barman has been working as the Head Teacher from 16.11.1999 and the petitioner No. 2 Monjit Kumar Brahma has been working as an Assistant Teacher from 27.02.2002. The school was initially allotted the DISE Code No. 0311206 for the period 20092010 to till date. By a letter dated 01.11.2012 the school along with its DISE Code was bifurcated and was brought under the purview of Chirang district upon the bifurcation of the earlier Bongaigaon district into Bongaigaon district and Chirang district.

3. The claim of the petitioners for provincialisation was require