1. Mr. R. Govindasamy, the learned Additional Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents.

2. The petitioner in this writ petition earlier filed the writ petition being W.P.No.26341 of 2010 seeking for a direction to consider him for the post of Village Assistant on the basis of the interview attended by him on 9.9.2010, pursuant to the interview letter dated 25.8.2010.

3. The said writ petition was heard along with several other writ petitions filed by different individuals and were disposed of by a common order dated 8.9.2011, directing the Tahsildar, Thittakudi, to consider the claim of the petitioners for appointment to the post of Village Assistant within six weeks, if they were otherwise eligible.

4. Pursuant to the direction issued by this Court, since no orders were passed within the time frame, the petitioner filed a contempt petition No.266 of 2012. When the contempt petition came up on 9.3.2012, on behalf of the Tahsildar Thittakudi, it was informed that already an order dated 23.12.2011 was passed considering the case of the petitioner and recording the same, the contempt petition was closed. The petitioner was given liberty to challenge the said order