JUDGMENT :

The petitioner is before this Court seeking a direction from the Court for giving effect to his permanent absorption in the post of Deputy Director (Training) with effect from 13.03.1999 namely the date he was absorbed under the Panchayat & Rural Development Department (hereinafter referred to as “P&RD Department”) along with his consequential seniority and other service benefits. The petitioner is also aggrieved by the communication dated 28.08.2020 whereby the P&RD held that the absorption of the petitioner under the P&RD Department is with effect from the date he was permanently absorbed against the sanctioned post w.e.f. 01.10.2016.

2. The petitioner was appointed as Agriculture Extension Officer in the Irrigation Department, Government of Assam in the year 1994 under Section 3(f) of the APSC (Limitation of Function) Regulation 1951. He was subsequently regularized with effect from 26.02.1996 in the post Agriculture Extension Officer in the Irrigation Department. On 04.02.1999, the petitioner was sent on deputation to the P&RD Department to an equivalent post of Assistant Project Officer (Agriculture) for a period of one year. He was posted on deputation against an exi