WP(C) 5583/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr. H.K. Das, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ghosh, learned St ate Counsel for the official respondents. The pleaded case of the petitioner is that, he, following the de ath of his father who had died in harness as Khalasi in the office of the Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning, Jorhat, Assam, on 9/9/2001, applied for compassionate appointment on 28/1/2002 before the aforenamed authority who in tu rn forwarded the same to the Director of Town and Country Planning, Assam, Dispu r on 29/1/2002 for necessary action. The Director, Town and Country Planning, As sam, Dispur, on 3/4/2002 forwarded the application of the petitioner to the Depu ty Secretary to the Government of Assam, Town and Country Planning, Assam, recom mending his (petitioner) name for appointment as LDA in its Jorhat District Offi ce which had fallen vacant due to the promotion of the incumbent then in office requesting him to accord Government approval therefor. Meanwhile, this Court vid e order dated 3/8/2006 passed in WP(C) 3875/2005 had laid down certain guideline s to be adhered to by the State Government in the matter of compassionate appoin tment. According to the petitioner, pursuant to the above decision of the Hon’bl e High Court, his case was placed before the jurisdictional District Level Commi ttee, which on a consideration of his case in its meeting held on 22/11/2007 rec ommended him for compassionate appointment. This decision was communicated to th e Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam, Urban Development (T& C.P.) Depar tment for laying the case of the petitioner before the State Level Committee for finalisation of the process. The petitioner is back with the grievance that tho ugh in the meantime two years have elapsed, the process remains in limbo. Meanwh ile on 16/9/2009, an advertisement has been published for direct recruitment to various vacancies in Grade-III posts. He apprehends that if the process is allow ed to continue, the same would prejudice his prospects for compassionate appoint ment. Upon hearing the learned Counsel for the parties and on a consid eration of the averments made in the writ petition along with the documents appe nded thereto more particularly the minutes of the meeting of the District Level Committee dated 22/11/2007 (Annexure III to the writ petition), this Court consi ders it appropriate to direct the official respondents more particularly the Com missioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Urban Development (T& C.P.) Department, to cause necessary steps to be taken for placement of the petitioner ’s case before the State Level Committee for completion of the process of his co mpassionate appointment strictly in terms of the guidelines laid down by this Co urt in WP(C) 3875/2005, (Achyut Ranjan Das and others versus State of Assam and others). It is made clear that by this order the respondents have not been direc ted to make compassionate appointment in favour of the petitioner. However they are hereby required to complete the process relatable thereto at the earliest an d in any case before the completion of the exercise initiated by the aforementio ned advertisement. No costs.