JUDGMENT :

D.P. CHOUDHURY, J.

Challenge has been made to the inaction of the Opp. Parties in not giving employment to the petitioners in spite of their selection to the posts applied for.

FACTS :

2. The factual matrix leading to the case of the petitioners is that opp. Party no.1 issued an advertisement bearing No.1/13 dated 8.5.2013 inviting applications from the eligible and intending candidates for filling up of 15 posts of Junior Clerk-cum-Copyist in the Judgeship of Bhadrak vide Annexure-1. The petitioners being eligible for the criteria, made applications and accordingly they were found selected as per the merit list prepared for Junior Clerk-cum-Typist vide office order No.191 dated 14.06.2014 vide Annexure-2. The petitioners found their place at sl. Nos.12 and 17 respectively in the merit list. Although there were 15 posts, but merit list was prepared for 19 posts. When petitioner no.1 being in sl.no.1 did not get any letter of appointment in spite of vacancies of 15 posts, he made application under R.T.I. Act. According to the information available to petitioner no.1, he