WP(C) 703/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE U.B.SAHA The instant writ petition is filed by the petitioner on the apprehension that th e petitioner might be excluded from the list of qualified Lecturers of the Hojai Girls’ College even after rendering 18 years of continuous service. Heard Mr. S.M.Sarma, learned counsel appearing for the petitione r as well as Mr. S.K.Das, learned Standing Counsel, Education. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, the instant writ petition is taken up for disposal at the motion stage taking note of the n ature of prayer made in the writ petition. The brief facts needed to be discussed are as follows: The present petitioner is working as a Lecturer in Hojai Girls’ College since 4.8.1992. On 16.8.1995,the Governing Body of the College adopted a resolution to remove the petitioner from the post of Lecturer and intimated the petitioner regarding the said resolution. Though the Governing Body of the Coll ege adopted the aforesaid resolution for removing the petitioner from the post i n its meeting held on 16.8.1995, but in the said meeting also took a resolution to ask the petitioner to continue as a Lecturer w.e.f. 17.8.1995 until further o rders. The further case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is eligible for the post of College lecturer as per UGC norms and the instructions issued by th e Govt. of Assam in this regard. While the petitioner is in service and continue d for about 18 years, the Govt. issued a new set of guidelines which is to be fo llowed for appointment of College Lecturers in deficit Grant-in-aid Colleges of Assam vide its Circular No. BOH 241/2002/240 dated 20.2.2003 in supersession of all earlier notifications wherein the norms of the post of College lecturer are earmarked as good academic records with at least 55% marks in Master degree. In view of the aforesasaid notification, the petitioner is apprehending that her se rvice might be discontinued and accordingly she made a representation to the Dir ector of Higher Education, Respondent No.2 on 4.5.2010 but the said representati on has not yet been disposed of. Hence this writ petition. Mr.Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner while urging for the relief, inter alia , prays for a direction to consider the petitioner as eli gible for the post of lecturer in the College as per UGC norms and also for an interim order of status quo. He would again contend that where the petitioner is continuing for 18 years of service, all on a sudden the respondents come up wit h a new eligibility criteria for the post of College lecturer which is unwarrant ed. He further submits that the Respondent No.2, though received the representat ion of the petitioner dated 4.5.2010 (Annexure-12) but he did not dispose the sa me. Mr. Das, learned Standing Counsel Education appearing for the State res pondents in his usual fairness submits that the entire writ petition can be disp osed of with a simple direction to the petitioner to submit a fresh representati on to the Commissioner and Secretary, Govt. of Assam, Higher Education raising a ll her grievances, which should be considered by the Respondent No.1 and dispose of the same by a reasoned order. This Court has gone through the contentions made in the writ peti tion as well as in the representation dated 4.5.2010 (Anneure-12). According to this Court, it would meet the end of justice if the petitioner is directed to s ubmit a fresh representation along with a copy of this order and a copy of the w rit petition to the, Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, High Educ ation, Respondent No.1, within 15 days from today and the Respondent No.1 on rec eipt of the representation and the order of this Court from the petitioner, as d irected above, shall dispose the same by a reasoned order within a period of on e month from the date of receipt of the representation. Till then, the service of the petitioner should not be discontinued and the petitioner should not be excluded from the list of qualified lecturers on the b asis of new guidelines issued by the Govt. The petitioner shall be paid her fina ncial benefit for the period of service rendered by her as she is entitled accor ding to law. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition is disposed of.