WP(C) 2012/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. H.A. Sarkar, learned counsel for the petitioner as wel l as Ms. R. Chakraborty, learned Additional Sr. Govt. Advocate, Assam. This writ petition has been taken up for final disposal alongwit h Misc. Case No. 1779/2008 filed by the petitioner. The petitioner is the sittin g lessee of Dhubri Char Ghat Dainik Bazar. The settlement period is from 1.7.200 7 to 30.6.2008. According to the petitioner, he could not operate the market ful ly due to the encroachment and toll collection by some others. By Annexure-F rep resentation dated 18.4.2008 made to the Block Development Officer, Dharmasala Bl ock, the petitioner prayed for further extension and/or further lease of the mar ket for the period 2008-09. In the representation, the petitioner has assigned t he aforesaid ground. In the meantime, the Chief Executive officer, Dhubri Zilla Paris had has issued the notice for settlement of the said bazaar for the period from 1.7.2008 to 30.6.2009 as per the provision of Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 and the rules framed thereunder, fixing the last date as 20.6.2008. At the time of filing of the writ petition on 21.5.2008, the notice dated 6.5.2008 was already in existence, but was not challenged. By filing the Misc. case, the petitioner h as prayed for stay of the notice, annexing a copy of the same to the petition. As noted above, the settlement period of the petitioner will be over on 30.6.2008. Thus, necessarily the authority will have to make arrangement for settlement of the bazaar for the year 2008-2009. Accordingly notice dated 6 .5.2008 has been issued. In my considered opinion, it will not be appropriate fo r this Court to interfere with the said notice, merely because the representatio n of the petitioner is pending before the authority. Needless to say that it is always advisable to settle market through tender system. The present writ petiti on has been filed just at the time of issuing the tender notice, seeking extensi on of term by another one year. Nothing has been stated as to whether there is a ny provision for extension of the term. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case of the p etitioner, this writ petition is disposed of providing that it will be open for the respondents to dispose of the Annexure-F representation dated 18.4.2008 as e xpeditiously as possible. Writ petition is disposed of.