WP(C) 1387/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE IA ANSARI Heard Mr. B Ramchiary, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. A Bha ttacharjee, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. P Bora, learned Standing Counsel, PWD. Heard also Ms. R Bora, learned Standing Counsel, Finance Departmen t. The petitioner’s father, while working as Ex-Permanent/Regular Labour of the PW (R) Department, died, in harness, on 25-06-2001. Following his father’s death, t he petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate ground. The petitioner su bmits that the concerned District Level Committee has not yet considered the pet itioner’s case inasmuch as the respondents have not laid the case of the petitio ners before the District Level Committee for appointment on compassionate ground . Broad guidelines for consideration of cases under the scheme for appointment of persons on compassionate ground were issued by this Court in Achyut Ranjan Das & others -vs- State of Assam, reported in 2006 (4) GLT 674, wherein the Court has pointed out that as one time measure, all pending cases were required to be con sidered as per the specific direction contained in Para 7 of the decision in Ach yut Ranjan Das (supra). Following the fact that the District Level Committee had not considered some cases of persons, who have applied for appointment on compa ssionate ground on the basis of the fact that their applications had been pendin g for more than two years, non-consideration of the cases of such persons came t o be challenged and has been decided in Ajit Pator & others -vs- State of Assam & others, reported in 2009 (2) GLJ 646. In the backdrop of the law as indicated above, it is, now, required to be determ ined by the respondents, particularly, respondent No. 4, namely, Executive Engin eer, PWD (Roads), NK Division, Nalbari, Assam, as to whether the petitioner’s ca se had been considered by the District Level Committee or not and if the same ha d not been considered, then, the petitioner’s case shall be placed for considera tion, along with similarly situated persons, if any, before the District Level C ommittee and for such further action(s), as are warranted by law. With the above end in view, it is hereby, in the interest of justice, directed t hat the respondents, particularly, respondent No. 4, namely, Executive Engineer, PWD (Roads), NK Division, Nalbari, Assam, shall examine the petitioner’s case a nd do the needful in accordance with the observations made above. The result of the examination by the respondent No. 3, as directed hereinbefore, shall be comm unicated, in writing, to the petitioner and the petitioner shall be at liberty t o take recourse to such provisions of law if he feels aggrieved by the result of the examination of the petitioner’s case by the respondent No. 4. With the above observations and directions, this writ petition shall stand dispo sed of. No order as to costs.