WP(C) 4154/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTIC B P KATAKEY Hears Mrs F Begum, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr Choudhury, learned Standing Counsel for education department appearing for the respondent nos.1, 2, 4 and 5. Also heard Mr S Das, learned state counsel appearing for the responden t no.3. As agreed to by learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is t aken up for disposal at the motion stage itself. The petitioner, by the present petition, has claimed that after the deat h of his father Khirod Chandra Roy who was working as Assistant Teacher at the B ousimari M.E. School, Dhubri, in harness, though he filed an application for his appointment on compassionate grounds under the scheme so formulated by the Stat e government in that behalf and the same was in turn forwarded by the Block Elem entary Education Officer, Golakganj, to the District Elementary Education Office r, Dhubri for due consideration, nothing has been done by the respondent authori ties till date. Learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the issue relating t o appointment on compassionate grounds has already been answered by this Court i n Achyut Ranjan Das vs State of Assam and others, reported in (2006) Vol.IV GLT 674 and as such this writ petition may be disposed of in terms of the directions contained in that judgment. Having regard to the facts involved in the present petition and the judg ment passed in Achyut Ranjan Das’ case(supra), this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioner for his appointment on compassionate grounds in terms of the directions contained i n the aforementioned judgment. Such consideration shall be done within a period of 4(four) months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order pa ssed today to be submitted by the petitioner before the District Elementary Educ ation Officer, Dhubri. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.