WP(C) 4378/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.POTSANGBAM Heard Mr. A. Sarma, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr. M.K.Mi sra, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. The petitioners, 16 in number, have approached this Court for the second time fo r a direction to pay their arrear allowances. It is stated by the petitioners th at all of them have been working in various Schools under the District Elementa ry Education Officer, Nagaon in the pay scale prescribed for the post held by t hem. It is further stated that their services have been regularized by the Direc tor of Elementary Education , Assam , by an order dated 17.8.2005 against the pe rmanent vacant posts and thereafter, they have been rendering their services co ntinuously till date but without being paid of their salaries for the services rendered between period from 1995 to 2005. Having failed to get any positive response from the Government towards the pa yment of their salaries for the period as mentioned above, the petitioners appr oached this Court by filing W.P.(C) No. 5494/2008 which was disposed of on 25.5. 2009 by this Court in terms of the orders passed in other similar other cases. This Court observed in the aforesaid order that the petitioners shall take necessary steps for getting their cases referred to the Committee mentioned in the said judgmen t and order. Thereafter. The cases of the petitioners were placed before the Exp ert Committee in terms of the order dated 25.05.2008 in W.P. ( C) No.5494/2008 a s it is evident from the order dated 6.10.09 issued by the Secretary to the Gov t. of Assam, Education Department (Annexure-6 to the writ petition). The precise case of the petitioners is that despite having placed the case of the petitioners before the Expert Committee pursuant to the order dated 25.05.20 08, no progress has been made by the Expert Committee, nor has any decision bee n taken by the Government in this matter. At this stage, the learned Counsel for the petitioners, submits that this writ petition can be disposed of by directin g the respondent No. 1 to consider and dispose of the representation dated 20 10 .2009 within a timeframe and the proposal of the learned Counsel for the petitio ner is not objected to by the learned Counsel appearing for the respondents. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitione r to submit a fresh copy of the representation dated 20.10.2009 within a period of 1( one ) week from today along with a certified copy of this order and the Re spondent No.1, on receipt of the representation from the petitioner , shall cons ider and dispose of the same within a period of 2 ( two ) months from the date of receipt of the re presentation. It is also made clear that in case the Respondent No. 1 is not ab le to take any decision for release of the salary of the petitioners for the per iod from 1995 to 2005, the reason of such inability shall be communicated to the petitioners within 1 week from the date of taking such decision. With the above directions and observations, this writ petition stands dispose d of.