WP(C) 6156/2005 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.P.KATAKEY The grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is that though th ey have completed 5 years of service on 24.1.2001 as Muster Roll Workers under I rrigation Department, Government of Assam they were disengaged vide order dated 20.12.2000 though the office memoranda dated 18.10.94 30.10.2001 issued by the C ommissioner & Secretary to the Govt of Assam in the Finance Department and the P rincipal Secretary to the Govt of Assam in the same Department respectively allo wed continuance in their service as Muster Roll Workers. I have heard Mr D.P. Chaliha, learned senior counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr P.S. Deka, learned State counsel. The petitioners and others on an earlier occasion approached this court in WP(C) No.8307/2001 challenging the order dated 20.12.2000 whereby and where-u nder they were disengaged. The learned Single Judge of this court vide judgment and order dated 5.2.2003, upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties, dire cted the Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Assam to initiate necessary step s for a consideration of the cases of the petitioners in terms of the office mem orandum dated 28.4.95 and 30.10.2001 and take an appropriate decision after affo rding an opportunity of hearing to them within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of that order. It appears that a proposal for taking further necessary action in the ma tter was placed before the Secretary to the Govt of Assam in the Irrigation Depa rtment by the Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Assam vide letter dated 27. 4.2004 (Annexure-8 to the writ petition), enclosing therewith a prØcis against t he case and also referring earlier proposal dated 21.5.2002. The petitioners hav e also annexed another letter dated 1.7.2003 issued by the Chief Engineer, Irrig ation Department, Assam whereby a direction was given to re-engage 62 numbers of M.R. workers who, according to the petitioners, are similarly placed. Their gri evance is that despite this specific direction, the Secretary to the Govt of Ass am in the Irrigation Department has not taken any decision in the matter. Considering facts and circumstances of the case as well as the direction already issued vide order dated 5.2.2003 in WP(C) No.8307/2001, I dispose of th e present petition with a direction to the Secretary to the Govt of Assam in the Irrigation Department to take a final decision in the matter within a period of 6 weeks from the date of submission of a certified copy of this order along wit h the copy of the writ petition to be submitted by the petitioners before such a uthority who, while taking the final decision, shall also take into consideratio n the communications dated 27.4.2004 and 1.7.2003, both issued by the Chief Engi neer, Irrigation Department, Assam which have been annexed as Annexure-8 and 9 r espectively to the writ petition. No costs.