WP(C) 3007/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MR B.K. SHARMA Heard Mrs. B. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appear s for the respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a directio n to consider his case for appointment on compassionate ground. The prayer so ma de is on account of death of the father of the petitioner who died on 15.5.99 wh ile was serving as Jute Field Assistant in the Office of the District Agricultur e Officer, Darrang, Mangoldoi. It appears that the petitioner had earlier approached this Court by fill ing WP(C) No. 6332/2003. By order dated 14.8.2003 passed in the said writ petiti on, the case of the petitioner was directed to be considered. The Director of Ag riculture by his order dated 29.10.2003 closed the case of the petitioner on the ground of non-availability of vacancy against 5% quota ear-marked for compassio nate appointment. Thereafter, the petitioner filed yet another writ petition bei ng WP(C) No. 5612/2004, which was also disposed off by order dated 14.9.2004. A further direction was issued to the respondents to consider the case of the peti tioner against future vacancies. When the said order was not complied with, the petitioner had filed a Contempt Petition being COP(C) No. 518/2005. Prior to tha t the Director of Agriculture, by his order dated 25.11.2004 observed that the c ase of the petitioner would be considered as and when vacancy would occur agains t 5% quota. In the counter affidavit filed in the contempt petition, it was stat ed that the order dated 25.11.2004 was passed in consideration of all the releva nt facts. The contempt petition was closed by order dated 19.12.2005 recording the fact of keeping the petitioner’s case pending for future consideration. The instant writ petition was filed on 19.5.2010 alleging non-considerat ion of the case of the petitioner against available vacancies. In this connectio n, the petitioner has also enclosed the information derived through RTI (Annexur e-15) by which it was intimated that there is no hard and fast rule for maintai ning seniority of the candidates against compassionate appointment. The petitioner has also enclosed the copy of the letter dated 5.1.2010, through which he had received information that one Mrs. Bina Baruah Patwary, wif e of late Bhuban Chandra Patwary was appointed as Typist on compassionate ground by order dated 18.6.2009. From the above, the petitioner seeks to contend that his case was not co nsidered against future vacancies as was required to be done in terms of the afo resaid order of this Court as well as the order passed by the Director of Agricu lture. Needless to say that the petitioner cannot claim compassionate appointme nt as a matter of right it being not a source of recruitment. Such appointment i s provided to redeem the family in distress by way of providing immediate assist ance. Required guidelines in the regard have been laid down in Achyut Ranjan Das Vs. State of Assam & Ors. reported in (2006) 4 GLT 674 and Foziron Nessa Vs. St ate of Assam & Ors. reported in (2010) 4 GLT 340. Considering the matter in its entirety, this writ petition is disposed o f providing that the respondents may pass a final order towards consideration of the case of the petitioner taking into account the facts stated above, norms an d guidelines laid down in the aforesaid two judgements. No opinion in this regar d is expressed and the matter is left upon to the sound discretion of the author ities in the Agriculture Department. With the above directions and observations, the writ petition stands dis posed of, without however, any order as to costs.