WP(C) 4647/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H. BARUAH Heard Mr. I. Hassan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S. Samaria, lear ned standing counsel, Agricultural Department, respondent Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5, as well as Mr. Gogoi, learned standing counsel, Finance Department, respondent No. 6. Mr. S. Samaria, learned standing counsel Agriculture Department and Mr. Gogoi, l earned standing counsel, Finance Department having accepted notice on their beha lf, it is considered appropriate not to issue fresh notice on them. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, this matter is taken up for final disposal at the motion stage. The petitioner herein is the wife of Late Omprarkash Roy, who was a Grade-IV emp loyee in the office of the Additional Director of Agriculture (Hills), Karbi Ang long District, Diphu, Assam. Her husband while in service died on 15-3-2009 leav ing behind the petitioner herself along with three children who are all minors. The petitioner’s husband being the only bread winner of her family and on his de ath, his family being faced financial hardship, in order to run the family, the petitioner being the wife of the deceased Omprakash Roy on 26-5-2009 filed an ap plication with the Additional Director, Agriculture (Hills), Diphu to appoint he r in Grade-IV post on compassionate ground. The aforesaid application of the pet itioner was forwarded by the Additional Director of Agriculture (Hills), Karbi A nglong, Diphu to the Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department, Karbi Anglong Auto nomous Council, Diphu for consideration of her appointment on compassionate grou nd. The aforesaid application being made on the basis of the memorandum dated 9t h September, 1983 issued by the Government of Assam, Department of Personnel, (P ersonnel-B) Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahti under Memo No. ABP.357/80/137, th e same being not considered per memorandum by the department concerned, the peti tioner has approached this court by filing this instant petition to issue direct ion to the respondent authority(s) to appoint the petitioner in any of the posts in Grade-IV on compassionate Ground on account of death of her husband. It is submitted by Mr. I. Hassan, learned counsel for the petitioner that on acc ount of death of her husband, Omprakash Roy, his family including the petitioner is facing financial constrainment. Under the scheme the petitioner is eligible for appointment in Grade-IV post on compassionate ground, for which she had file d an application before the appropriate authority, which subsequently forwarded to the authority concerned, namely, Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department, Kar bi Anglong Autonomous Council, Diphu, respondent No. 5. Mr. Gogoi, learned standing counsel, Finance Department and Mr. S. Samaria, lear ned standing counsel, Agriculture Department have submitted that the case of th e petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by this court in Cont. Case(civil) No. 1171 of 1999, 728 of 2005 and 74 of 2006, W.P(C) NO. 4498 of 20 00 and other writ petitions filed by Achyut Ranjan Das and Others. It is submit ted by them that for appointment of the petitioners of this type, this court for mulated some guidelines basing on which the applications for appointment on comp assionate ground be disposed of. I have perused the above judgment and after meticulous consideration of the fact s and grounds employed in the petition and the materials provided with the petit ion, am of the considered view that the same guidelines as enunciated in the Cas e No. Cont. Case (civil) No. 1171 of 1999, 728 of 2005 and 74 of 2006, W.P(C) NO . 4498 of 2000 and other writ petitions filed by Achyut Ranjan Das and Others; r eported in 2006 (4) GLT 674 would also be applicable in this case. Therefore, this court finds no impediment to dispose this case with a direction to the respondent authority(s) to consider the application filed by the petition er by following the guidelines as indicated in the aforesaid judgment. The petitioner is directed to place a certified copy of this order along with th e copy of the writ petition and the copy of the application made on 26-5-2009 be fore the appropriate authority(s) for consideration within a period of 1(one) mo nth. With the above direction, the writ petition stands disposed of.