WP(C) 4546/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY The petitioner is aggrieved by the rejection of the proposal for his compassiona te appointment on the ground that the application was filed after 3 months after the death of his father. The petitioner’s father had died on 26.7.2008 while s erving as a Chowkidar in Madhya Sobansiri ME School and the petitioner as the el dest son had applied for compassionate appointment on 29.11.2008. But the said a pplication was considered to be belated as per OM dated 2.3.2009 which required such application to be made within 3 months from the death of the bread earner o f the family. Mr. C. Barua, learned counsel for the petitioner refers to this Court’s interpre tation on the offending clause of the circular dated 2.3.09 to show that by judg ment of this Court rendered on 2.7.2010 in WP(C) No. 2620/2009 (Foziron Nessa vs . State of Assam & ors.), it has been held that application filed within 1 year shall be considered within time. On the basis of the said judgment (Annexure-7), Mr. Barua submits that the petitioner’s case should be considered in terms of t he decision of this Court in Achyut Ranjan Das vs. State of Assam reported in 2 006(4) GLT 674. Ms. M. Gogoi Medhi, learned standing counsel, Education Department does not oppo se the prayer made by the petitioner for consideration of his case for compassio nate appointment in terms of this Court’s decision in Achyut Ranjan Das (supra) . Accordingly, in view of the above agreement, this case is disposed of by directi ng the respondents to take necessary steps to have the claim of compassionate ap pointment made by the petitioner considered appropriately, in terms of the Govt. Policy and the direction(s) given by this Court. The writ petition stands allowed accordingly.