WP(C) 5950/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. GOSWAMI Heard Mr. P. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Choudhury, learned standing counsel, Education Department, Assam. Considering the relief prayed for, I dispose of the petition at the motion stage . Without referring to the factual details, suffice it would be to mention that th e petitioner Sri Prodip Kumar Nath was appointed in the No.202 Borguri LP School on 2nd February, 1988 by the Managing Committee thereof as an Assistant Teacher on honorary basis. Prior to his appointment, the school had been provincialised . The petitioner claims that as he has been serving as honorary teacher in term s of the above arrangement, he is entitled to be appointed in regular capacity. The commissioner and Secretary, Government of Assam, Education Department in th e Office Memorandum No.A(1)E.621/2003/320 dated 21st January, 2004 while noticin g such claim of similarly situated honorary teachers of provincialised schools, had conveyed the decision of the Government to extend preference to them in the matter of appointment by way of relaxation of age for their experience at the ti me of filling up the vacancies by regular selection. Thereby, all applications f rom honorary teachers for regular appointment pending with various authorities t hen or to be received in future were instructed to be disposed of as per the gui delines contained in the Office Memorandum. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideration of the pleaded facts, this petition is closed with the direction that the State authori ties while dealing with the case of the petitioner would accord to him the relax ation as contemplated in the Office Memorandum and pass appropriate orders. The writ petition stands closed in the above terms. No costs.