WP(C) 722/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.D. AGARWAL Heard Mr. P.K. Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. M.K. Mishra, learned standing counsel Education Department, Assam, appearing on behal f of the respondents. With the consent of the learned counsel appearing for both sides, this w rit petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. A short prayer of the writ petition in this writ petition is that the re spondents may be directed to allow the petitioner to appear in the interview for selection of Head Master in provincialised school. The posts have been advertis ed on 02.11.2010. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner is s erving as Assistant teacher since 1975 and the length of service as Assistant te acher may be considered by the concerned authority. Be that as it may, as per the advertisement, the intending candidates ar e required to possess B.T. or B. Ed. qualification with 10 (ten) years of teachi ng experience. However, the petitioner does not possess the said academic qualif ication. It is true that Rule 30 of the Assam Secondary (Provincialised) Service Rule 2008 empowers the Govt. to relax or dispense certain requirements. Hence, t he petitioner is directed to approach the competent authority by way of filing a representation with all relevant documents within a period of one week from tod ay and on filing such application, the same shall be considered by the authority concerned. With the above observations and directions, this writ petition stands di sposed of.