WP(C) 5139/2006 BEFORE HON’BLE JUSTICE H. N. SARMA Heard Mr YS Mannan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr BC Choudhury, lear ned GA, Assam. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties, on perusal of the statements m ade in the writ petition and the nature of relief prayed for, this writ petition is disposed of at the motion stage itself. The case of the petitioner is that his father late Faizuddin Ahmed was serving a s Grade IV emplopyee in the office of the Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry & Ve terinary Department at Guwahati. He died in harness on 21.9.2004 due to an accid ent. The petitioner has applied for appointment on compassionate ground on 20.12 .2005 in terms of the existing policy /guidelines of the Government of Assam. Ac cording to the petitioner nothing has been done thereafter till date. In that view of the above situation, it is hereby directed that the respondent N os 1 and 2, the Secretary to the Government of Assam, Animal Husbandry & Veterin ary Department and the Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Departmen t at Guwahati will take up the case of the petitioner for consideration for appo intment on compassionate ground and examine the case of the petitioner in terms of the existing policy guidelines covering the field and shall pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified c opy of this order. While doing so, the said authorities would also take into con sideration the cases of other similarly situated persons for such appointment.