WP(C) 4604/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY The grievance of the petitioner in the present petition is that though pursuant to the NIT dated 30-04-2010 he alongwith some other tenderers su bmitted their respective bids for settlement of Pamaiveti Fishery for the year 2 010-2011 and the petitioner offered the amount more than that of the respondent No.5, the same has been settled by the Executive Officer of Juria Anchalik Panch ayat in favour of the respondent No.5 by ignoring the offer of the petitioner. According to the petitioner, being aggrieved by such an action on the part of th e panchayat institution, he preferred an appeal, before the Commissioner and Sec retary, Government of Assam in Panchayat and Rural Development Department, as en visaged under Section 137 of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 on 28-07-2010, but th e same has not been considered till date. The petitioner, therefore, has prayed for a direction to the Com missioner and Secretary, Government of Assam, Panchayat and Rural Development De partment to consider and dispose of the said appeal after hearing all the concer ned parties. Mr. Soren, the learned State Counsel appearing for the responden ts has submitted that since an appeal has been preferred, the same shall definit ely be considered and disposed of in accordance with law. Since an appeal has been preferred by the petitioner before the Commissioner and Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department under Sec tion 137 of the 1994 Act, the said appeal has to be considered and disposed of. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Commissioner and Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development De partment to consider and dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner withi n a period of 4 (four) weeks from the date of receipt of the certified copy of t his order alongwith writ petition with annexures appended thereto to be produced by the petitioner before the said authority. It is needless to say that while considering the appeal, all the concerned parties including the writ petitioner and the respondent No.5 shall be heard. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No cost.