WP(C) 2280/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B. P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. Goswami, the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr . Soren, the learned State counsel appearing for the respondents. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition i s taken up for hearing and disposal at the motion stage itself. The grievance of the petitioners in the present petition is that though they have filed a number of representations before the Deputy Director, Food and Civil Supplies, Dhubri, the last being on 18.04.2009 requesting the said author ity to grant license under the provisions of Assam Public Distribution of Articl es Order, 1982, the same have not been considered and disposed of till date. According to the petitioners, they were initially granted the retail sal e license under the provisions of the said 1982 Order and the log books were iss ued to them on 28.07.2006 for sale of S.K. Oil in the district of Dhubri. The fu rther case of the petitioners is that they subsequently filed representations fo r issuance of the license for the subsequent periods, but the same have not been considered. According to the petitioners, in the meantime, some other similarly situated persons filed WP(C) No.425/2009, wherein an order dated 06.02.2009 was passed by this Court directing the authorities to consider the case of those pe titioners for grant of the license in accordance with law and within a period of 2(two) months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the said order, pursuant to which the case of those similar persons were considered and the ret ail sale license under 1982 Order have been issued, without, however, considerin g the case of the petitioners for issuance of such retail sale license. Mr. Soren, the learned State counsel has submitted that in case, such re presentations of the petitioners have not in the meantime been disposed of, the same shall definitely be considered by the authority in accordance with law as w ell as the guidelines issued in that regard from time to time and necessary orde r thereafter be passed. Keeping in view the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Deput y Director, Food and Civil Supplies, Dhubri, to consider the representations of the petitioners for grant of retail sale license for sale of dyed S.K. Oil in ac cordance with the provisions of 1982 Order and the Government’s policy decision in that regard including the guidelines and/or executive instruction issued from time to time. Such consideration shall be made within a period of 2(two) months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order passed today to be produced by the petitioner before the said authority.