1. The matter pertains to compassionate appointment for which the petitioner is an aspirant. Her father died while in service on 4.1.2003. Immediately thereafter she made an application on 22.3.2003 seeking appointment on compassionate ground. As per the guidelines laid down in Achyut Ranjan Das v. State of Assam and Ors., (2006) 4 GLT 674 all pending applications were required to be considered within a period of four months. However, her case was not considered and eventually was placed before the DLC after long delay of about 10 years on 7.8.2013. The DLC has rejected her case vide its minutes of the meeting held on 7.8.2013 on the ground that the petitioner has submitted her application after 9 months of death of her father. While rejecting her case, the DLC also took into account the present age of the petitioner, which on the date of consideration was 44 years 2 months and 23 days. 2. Both the grounds assigned in the DLC minutes of the meeting are not sustainable in law, firstly as per the decision in Foziron Nessa v. State of Assam and Ors., (2010) 4 GLT 3401, applications for compassionate appointment could be filed within one year. Even otherwise also the petitioner having submitted her application within time and as per the own observation of the DLC, she has done so within 9 months, her case was required to be considered, the same being within the prescribed time limit. The respondents having not considered her case as per the guidelines laid down in Achyut Ranjan Das (supra), cannot take the plea that there was delay on her part and that she is now over-aged. 3. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of setting aside and quashing the aforesaid findings of the DLC and remanding the matter back to the DLC for fresh consideration in terms of the guidelines in Achyut Ranjan Das v. State of Assam and Ors., (2006) 4 GLT 674 and Foziron Nessa v. State of Assam and Ors., (2010) 4 GLT 340. There shall be no order as to costs.