WP(C) 187/2008 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr MU Mondal, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr MR Pat hak, learned Standing counsel , Education Department for the respondent Nos 1, 3 and 6 and Ms M.Bordoloi, learned Standing counsel, BTC for the respondent Nos 4 and 5. Ms Verma, learned Standing counsel , Finance department appears for the respondent No.4. The grievance of the petitioners is that while granting financial assist ance to school(s) by the Government, the requisite eligibility criteria, partic ularly, seniority position of the petitioners’ schools were not borne in mind an d thus, the petitioners’ schools have been illegally and unjustifiably deprived of the financial assistance which they were otherwise entitled to. By judgment and order dated 22.5.2007 passed by this Court in batch of w rit petitions the lead case being WP( C) No.4822/2006 (Kanaklata Girls ME School vs. State of Assam and others),this Court has issued comprehensive guidelines in the matter of granting financial assistance by the Government to the LP/ME s chools. In view of the above and considering the matter in its entirety, this wr it petition stands disposed with a direction to the respondents to consider in the light of the observations made, the guidelines issued and the directions giv en in the aforementioned judgment and order dated 22.5.2007 aforementioned , the cases of the petitioners’ schools in the matter of granting financial assis tance in future. No costs.