WP(C) 991/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B. K. SHARMA Ranjan Gogoi, J. Heard Sri N. Dutta, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri C. Baruah, learned Standing Counsel, Assam Public Service Commission. Respondent Nos.4, 5 and 6 have not appeared in spite of due service of notice. In view of the subject matter involved i.e. selection and appointment to the Ass am Civil Service and other allied cadres and the imminent necessity of immediate disposal of this writ petition the Court has proceeded to pass final orders the rein on the basis of the written instructions placed before the Court by the lea rned Standing Counsel, Assam Public Service Commission. The petitioner who is a ST(P) candidate secured a total of 847 marks in the comb ined competitive examination held by the Assam Public Service Commission for sel ection for appointment to the Assam Civil Service and other allied cadres. In th e select list published on 5th of February 2010 the petitioner was shown to have been selected for the post of Inspector of Excise; whereas the respondent No.4 was selected in the Assam Police Service and the respondent Nos.5 and 6 in the A ssam Civil Service and in the post of Inspector of Taxes respectively. According to the petitioner, on the basis of the marks secured by him and the respondent Nos.4, 5 and 6 and the options exercised the correct position that should have b een reflected in the select list is that the respondent No.4 should have been sh own selected in the Assam Civil Service; the respondent No.5 as Inspector of Tax es and respondent No.6 as Inspector of Excise. The petitioner contends that on t he basis of the marks secured by him and the option exercised by him he should h ave been shown as selected in the Assam Police Service. Hence the writ petition. The instructions placed before the Court by the learned Standing Counsel of the Commission are in the form of a letter dated 18th February 2010 addressed by the Secretary of the Commission to the Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, P ersonnel (A) Department. In the said letter it is recited that consequent upon f iling of the present writ petition i.e. WP(C) No.991/2010 the Commission re-exam ined the matter and detected mistakes in the services allotted to the petitioner and the respondent Nos.4, 5 and 6. Accordingly, the Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Assam was informed that the select list dated 5.2.2010 has been correc ted by the Commission by recommending the respondent No.4 to the Assam Civil Ser vice; respondent No.5 to the post of Inspector of Taxes; the respondent No.6 to the post of Inspector of Excise and the petitioner to the Assam Police Service. As the Public Service Commission has already corrected the select list as indica ted in the letter dated 18th of February 2010 and the petitioner has been recomm ended for appointment in the Assam Police Service no further orders in the writ petition will be called for save and except that the appointing authority will n ow take further action in terms of the modified/corrected select list in respect of the petitioner and the respondent Nos.4, 5 and 6, as indicated in the letter dated 18th of February 2010 of the Secretary of the Assam Public Service Commis sion. The writ petition shall stand closed in terms of the above. The letter dated 18th of February 2010 be kept on the records of the case.