WP(C) 4695/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mr. MH Rajbarbhuiyan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner . Also heard Mr. AD Choudhury, learned Standing counsel, Education Department, A ssam. Considering the grievance raised in the writ petition and as agreed to b y the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this writ petition is being dis posed of at the motion stage itself. Aggrieved by the inaction of the authority in not disposing the represen tation submitted by the petitioner, the instant writ petition has been filed wit h a prayer for a direction to the respondent authority to dispose of the represe ntation dated 25.08.2011 so submitted by the petitioner. The petitioner’s case is that he is the seniormost Assistant Teacher of Rajpur M.E. School. The present Headmaster of the School is going to be retired on superannuation on 30.09.2011, as such the petitioner being the senior most qu alified teacher, having served the institution since 1979 as Assamese language t eacher and has also successfully completed normal training for 2 years, he shoul d be considered for promotion to the post of Headmaster. It has been further sta ted that as per the Govt. Notification dated 30th August 1986 bearing Memo No.EP G.1003/86/3 and also as per Rule 4 of Assam Secondary Education (Middle English Schools and High Schools) (Provincialisation) Rules, 1979, the petitioner is ent itled to be the In-charge Headmaster of the said school till the post is regular ly filled up. The petitioner, accordingly, submitted a representation before the respondent No.2 for considering his case for promotion to the post of Headmaste r. But till date, no action has been taken to dispose of his representation. Fin ding no other alternative, the petitioner has approached this Court for a direct ion to the respondent authority, more particularly, respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to c onsider and dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner within a f ixed time frame. To the limited prayer so made on behalf of the petitioner, the learned S tanding counsel, Education Department has raised no objection. Considering the matter in its entirety and in view of the limited praye r so made by the petitioner, the respondent No. 2 i.e., the Director, Elementary Education Assam is directed to dispose of the representation dated 25.08.2011 ( Annexure 5 to the writ petition) submitted by the petitioner on or before 26.09. 2011. The petitioner is also at liberty to submit a copy of the representation, a copy of the writ petition with the annexures appended thereto, along with the certified copy of this order. However, it is further made clear that the petitioner shall not have any claim or objection, if the post of Headmaster, Rajpur M.E. School is filled up by a regularly selected candidate. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs.