WP(C) 2437/2009 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA. Heard Mr. D.C. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appears f or the respondents. The petitioner, who was earlier appointed as Muster Roll Worker and subs equently, regularized as Grade-IV Peon, has filed this writ petition praying fo r his permanent absorption in the office of the Superintending Engineer, Nagaon Circle (Irrigation), Nagaon. It will be pertinent to mention here that the peti tioner is an appointee of the office of the Executive Engineer, Kaliabor & Integ rated Kallong Division (Irrigation), but his service was attached to the office of the Respondent No.3 i.e. the Superintending Engineer, Nagaon Circle (Irrigati on). It appears that there was a proposal for absorption of the petitioner ag ainst a permanent post in the office of the Respondent No.3. In this connection, the petitioner has referred to Annexure-6 letter dated 31.7.2008 addressed to the Chief Engineer, Irrigation by the Superintending Engineer, Nagaon Circle (Ir rigation), by which a request was made to accord approval for transfer of servic e of the petitioner and for his permanent absorption. The aforesaid letter dated 31.7.2008 was followed by Annexure-7 letter d ated 9.4.2009 addressed to the Chief Engineer (Irrigation), Assam by the Superin tending Engineer, Nagaon Circle (Irrigation), in which, inter alia, it was state d thus :- So, both the candidates Sri Khemodhar Bora and Mrs. Anuara Begum legitimately g ot the post they are holding now in a different way. Sri Bora has been regulariz ed from the M. roll to Peon and Mrs. Begum has been absorbed in the present post from defunct ASMIDC as per terms & candidates. It may be mentioned that permane nt posts of office peon cannot be kept vacant without being filled up for a long time for smooth functioning of the official work. So, these two candidates who are in this office may be filled up if their seniority is not counted in their p arent Division where they are drawing their salary further Sri Bora (Peon) also served in the post of peon against leave vacancy no. of times. And also Anuara B egum served as a typist on regular basis whenever required for running of offici al work. On the other hand, last but not least out of the 2 (two) vacant post, Smti. Uma Devi wife of late Bishnu Prasad (Peon) who died in harness have applied for on C ompassionate ground. But the proposal could not be forwarded now due to incomple te data on the part of Smti. Uma Devi as per format of Deputy Commissioner (Naga on). So, we cannot hold back the proposals as stated above indefinitely due to n on-furnishing of documents by Smti. Uma Devi. So, the 2 (two) vacant post may be filled up as per decision of the higher authority by way of conversion of categ ory of posts considering seniority cum merit of the candidates as mentioned earl ier. After the aforesaid development, Mrs. Anuara Begum was permanently absor bed upon transfer to the office of the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation by An nexure-8 order dated 5.6.2009. However, similar treatment was not given to the p etitioner. Hence, this writ petition. The respondents have not filed any counter affidavit. Learned counsel f or the petitioner submits that since there are vacancies, there should not be a ny impediment towards making arrangement to absorb the petitioner in the office of the Respondent No.3. Considering the matter in its entirety, this writ petition is disposed o f directing the respondents to dispassionately consider the case of the petition er for permanent absorption of the petitioner in the office of the Respondent No .3 and pass appropriate order at par with said Mrs. Anuara Begum. Let entire ex ercise be carried out as expeditiously as possible, but at any rate, not later t han 31st October,2011.