WP(C) 2508/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I.A. ANSARI Heard Mr. M. Phukan, learned counsel, for the petitioner, and Ms. B. Bhuyan, lea rned counsel, appearing on behalf of the respondents No.1 to 6. Heard also Mr. C . Baruah, learned counsel, for the respondent No.7. The petitioner’s grievance, in brief, is thus: The petitioner’s husband, Nagen D as, while serving as a regular Boatman (Grade-IV), in the office of the Executiv e Engineer, PWD, Guwahati Road Division, proceeded, on 12.07.2000 at 8.30 am, to attend his office but did not return home. As her husband did not return home, the petitioner made enquiries about the whereabouts of her husband and, on faili ng to trace out the whereabouts of her husband, she lodged an FIR at Dispur Poli ce Station. On the basis of the said FIR, GD Entry No.1302 , dated 20.07.2000, w as made. Although a period of 10 years, according to the petitioner, has passed since after her husband’s disappearance, neither the respondent Department, wher eunder the petitioner’s husband had been serving, nor the police could trace out her husband and, as such, she has had been facing immense financial hardship as well as mental agony. In the circumstances indicated above, the petitioner seeks a direction to be iss ued to the respondents to take up her case and deal with the same in accordance with the provisions of Rule 143-A of Assam Services (Pension) Rules, 1969. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the materials on record, I am, as agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties appearing before me, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents, in general, and respondent No.3, namely, Chief Engineer, PWD, Road Division, Cha ndmari, Guwahati-3, in particular, to examine the petitioner’s grievances in the light of the provisions of Rule 143-A of Assam Services (Pension) Rules, 1969, and do the needful in accordance with law. The whole exercise, so directed, shal l be completed within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order by the respondent No.3. The petitioner may furnish to the responde nt No.3 a certified copy of this order along with a copy of the writ petition an d annexures thereto. Whatever decision(s) is/are taken by the respondents/author ities concerned, and/or whatever order(s) is/are passed by the respondents/autho rities concerned, the same shall be communicated, in writing, to the petitioner. If the petitioner feels aggrieved by the decision(s), which may be arrived at, or the order(s), which may be passed, by the respondents, the petitioner shall r emain at liberty to take recourse to such provisions of law as may be permissibl e. No costs.