WP(C) 5555/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mr. P.K.Deka learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also he ard Mr.B.J.Ghosh learned State Counsel appearing for respondents. Considering the grievance raised in the writ petition and as agreed to b y the learned counsel appearing for the parties this writ petition is being disp osed of at the motion stage itself. The case of the petitioner in brief, is that the father of the petitione r late Ramani Nath was a Lower Division Assistant(LDA for short) under the Dire ctorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam, and died in harness on 31.1.2002 leaving be hind his wife, two minor sons and two minor daughters. After the death of his fa ther, the elder brother of the petitioner, namely, Isan Nath had applied for app ointment on compassionate ground for Grade-IV post and in this regard, the Res pondent No.2 vide letter dated 24.2.2006 (Annexure-2) made a proposal to the Res pondent No.1 to appoint his elder brother on compassionate ground in a vacant Gr ade-IV post. But during pendency of such process, Isan Nath died on 13.7.2007. T hereafter, the petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate ground on 5.1 0.07 for the said Grade - IV post in place of his brother late Isan Nath. Accord ingly, the Respondent No.3 vide his letter dated 4.8.2008(Annexure-5) asked the petitioner to fill up a form enclosed with the said letter for onward transmissi on to the Respondent No.4. The petitioner, accordingly, filled up the same and s ubmitted before the respondent no.3 i.e. the Joint Director of Cultural Affairs, Assam, Guwahati. Since then, the petitioner is waiting with a bonafide hope and expectation that he would be appointed but there is no response from the author ity concerned in this regard and therefore finding no other alternative, the pet itioner has approached this Court praying for a direction to the authority to consider his case for appointment on compassionate ground as stated hereinabove. It is submitted at the Bar that the issue involved is covered by the jud gment and order dated 3.8.06 passed in a batch of writ petitions, the leading ca se being W.P.(C) No. 3875/05(Achuyt Ranjan Das& ors.-Vs.-State of Assam & Ors)re ported in 2006 (4) GLT 674. Having regard to the issue raised and the decision rendered by this Cour t as mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction that th e petitioner’s case shall be considered in terms of the guidelines laid down in Achuyt Ranjan Das(supra). The petitioner is at liberty to submit a copy of the writ petition along with the annexures appended thereto with a certified copy of this order and a co py of the order dated 3.8.06 passed in WP(C) No. 3875/05 before the respondent No.2 i.e. Director of Cultural Affairs, Assam, Guwahati for taking necessary ac tion. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.