WP(C) 4237/2003 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA . None appears for the petitioners on call. I have heard Mr. S.K. Das, lea rned Standing Counsel, Education. The petitioners are aggrieved by Annexure-V letter dated 3.9.2001, by wh ich the Government of Assam in the Education (Secondary) Department directed all the Inspectors of Schools to submit particulars relating to adjustment/regulari zation of services of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the provincialized Higher Secondary Schools/High Schools/High Madrassas. As per the letter, such a djustment/regularization was made after the constitution of the State Level Empo wered Committee without its approval. The letter also further directed not to pr epare the salary bills of such adjusted/regularized teaching and non-teaching st aff. While entertaining the writ petition by order dated 6.6.2003, an interim order was passed staying operation of the direction in the letter not to prepar e the salary bills. By order dated 14.7.2008, this Court noticing the fact that the adjustment of the petitioners against the vacant posts were made on the basi s of the orders issued by Sri R.N. Sarma, the then Addl. Secretary to the Govern ment of Assam in the Education Department, issued direction for furnishing expla nation as to the reason for passing the orders for adjustment. Pursuant to the s aid order of this Court, Sri R.N. Sarma has filed an affidavit on 11.11.2008. As per the said affidavit, the Inspectors of Schools of the concerned districts ha d submitted proposal for adjustment against vacant post of some subject teachers to the Director of Secondary Education, Assam and the Director had forwarded th e matter to the Government in the Education Department. Thereafter, the Governme nt in the Education Department requested the Director to adjust the subject teac hers subject to availability of the vacant post. On perusal of the affidavit, what has transpired is that no reason has b een furnished as to why and how the services of the petitioners had been adjuste d. The affidavit filed by Sri R.N. Sarma gives an impression that the orders of regularization were passed in a routine manner knowing fully well that the adj ustment/regularization is not a mode of recruitment. In view of the above, I am not inclined to interfere with the aforesaid impugned Annexure-V communication dated 3.9.2001 by which the particulars of suc h adjustment/regularization were called for. It will be open for the respondents to examine the matter in accordance with law and also to take appropriate actio n against the erring officials. However, till the decision is arrived at in the matter, the petitioners may not be deprived of their salary. Writ petition is disposed of.