WP(C) 4263/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MR B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. T.J. Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Ms . R. Chakraborty, learned State Counsel. The petitioner is an aspirant for appointment on compassionate ground. H is case having been rejected by Annexure-7 letter dated 21.12.2010, he has filed the instant writ petition. The ground of rejection of the case of the petitione r is purported late receipt of the application on 7.12.2009 after expiry of his father in 2005. The respondents have also placed reliance on the Office Memorand um dated 2.3.2009 which cannot have any retrospective application. However, as d isclosed in the writ petition, the petitioner submitted his application for appo intment on compassionate ground, immediately after expiry of his father, in 2005 itself and the same was forwarded by Annexure-3 letter dated 16.12.2005. Above apart, in Achyut Ranjan Das Vs. State of Assam reported in 2006 (4 ) GLT 674, this Court directed the respondents to consider all pending applicati ons with the following order :- \i) All pending applications against existing and available vacancies as per the quota earmarked including the cases of the petitioners in the present cases and all others, who may not be before the Court, shall be decided in accordance wit h the proposed directions to be laid down in the present order and also in accor dance with the principles noted in the preceding paragraphs of this order. This will be done within a period of 4 (four) months from today. The present directio n naturally has to be considered as a one-time measure in view of the subsequent direction as laid down in the succeeding paragraphs. Thus irrespective of making or receiving the application, the respondent s were to consider all pending cases in accordance with the guidelines framed th erein. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed off directing the r espondents to consider the case of the petitioner on the basis of the guidelines formulated in the aforesaid decision in Achyut Ranjan Das Vs. State of Assam re ported in 2006 (4) GLT 674 followed by decision in Faziron Nessa & Ors. Vs. Stat e of Assam & Ors. Reported in 2010 (4) GLT 340. With the above directions and observations, the writ petition stands dis posed off, without however, any order as to costs.