WP(C) 4782/2005 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Ms. B Bhuyan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. A K Deka, learned Standing counsel, Education Department, Assam. Also heard Mr. S Banik, learned Standing counsel, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Mr. C Baru a, learned counsel for respondent No.6, and Mr. B Choudhury, learned Standing c ounsel, Finance Department, Assam. The petitioner’s case in brief is that the petitioner was serving as LP School Teacher in Uttar Bhelpara LP School, Karbi Anglong, which was provinciali sed on 01.12.1962. When he was serving in the School as Head Pandit, the petitio ner was transferred to Ranglangpung LP School as Head Pandit and he joined in th e said School on 30.06.1978 as Head Pandit. The petitioner retired from Ranglang pung LP School on 12.03.1999 on attaining the age of superannuation. As a mark o f appreciation as to the dedicated and selfless service rendered by the petition er for the spread of education in the district of Karbi Anglong, the Karbi Anglo ng Autonomous Council issued a certificate of appreciation also. Though the peti tioner was holding a substantive post and retired from the said post in the year 1999 itself he was not granted pension. He approached the authorities concerned time and again but the same have evoked no response. Hence the instant writ pet ition praying for a direction to the respondents to grant pension to the petitio ner. An affidavit has been filed by the Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Educ ation Department (respondent No.1) wherein it has been specifically stated that the Cabinet vide order dated 06.10.2009 has accorded approval for provincialisat ion of the services of 343 numbers of teachers (retired and expired) of LP Schoo ls under the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council and accordingly family pension wil l be provided to them. Relevant paragraph 3 and 4 are quoted hereunder: 3. That for the purpose of granting pensionary benefit to 343 retir ed teachers/families of expired teachers the Cabinet was moved and as per concur rence of the Finance (EC-III) Department dated 13.02.2009 and the Cabinet’s appr oval on 04.09.2009 the Government of Assam in the Education Department vide orde r dated 06.10.2009 has accorded approval for provincialisation of the services o f 343 numbers of teachers (retired and expired) of LP Schools under the Karbi An glong Autonomous Council. 4. That these 343 teachers or their families in the cases of expire d teachers will be entitled to pension/family pension w.e.f. 01.08.2003 i.e. the date from which 2859 posts were given the benefit vide Government Notification dated 26.06.2007. These persons will not be entitled to any other pensionary ben efit and/or arrear salary from 01.01.1995 to 31.07.2003. In view of the specific statements made in the affidavit as quoted herei nabove, the instant writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the State a uthorities to provide pension/family pension etc., to the petitioner at an early date, preferably within a period of 4(four) months from today. The Government of Assam shall also disburse the arrear pension to the pe titioner at an earliest possible time. With the above direction(s), this writ petition stands disposed of. Howe ver, there shall be no order as to costs.