WP(C) 71/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. R. Islam, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. B.J. Ghosh, learned State Counsel appearing for the respondent Nos.1, 3, 4 and 5 and Mr. H.K. Das, l earned Standing Counsel, DLR appearing for the respondent No.2. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is taken up for disposal at the motion stage itself. The claim of the petitioner in the present petition is that though after the dea th of her father, who died in harness on 12th March, 2010, the petitioner filed an application on 24th March, 2010 before the Deputy Commissioner, Barpeta for a ppointment on compassionate ground in terms of the Scheme formulated by the Gove rnment of Assam in that regard, such application has not been considered by the authority till date. The petitioner, therefore, prays for a direction to the re spondent authorities to consider her case for appointment on compassionate groun d. The learned counsel appearing for the parties have submitted that the matter in issue has already been answered in Achyut Ranjan Das -Vs- State of Assam & Ors. reported in 2006 (4) GLT 674 and as such, the present petition be disposed of in terms of the direction contained in the said judgment. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground in terms of the direction contained in Achyut Ranjan Das ( supra) case and in terms of the turn of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No cost.