WP(C) 2447/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. RK Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner as well Mr. B. Goswami learned SC, Water Resources Department. I have also heard Mr. A. Verma, learned SC, Finance Department. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a directio n to the respondents to pay his monthly salary stated to be payable from March, 2010. The petitioner was appointed way back in 1999 as a fixed pay employee. The appointment order is dated 14.05.1999 (Anneuxre-1). His appointment was continu ing with time to time orders granting extension of service. As per the instruction received by the learned counsel appearing for th e respondents, the jurisdictional Treasury Officer has raised objection towards payment of salary on the ground that the appointment of the petitioner does not have the approval of the Finance Department. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the appointment of the petitioner is not against any post, bu t he has been engaged to work as casual employee on fixed pay, the question of a pproval of Finance Department does not arise. If any approval was required, the petitioner could not have been paid sa lary from 1999 to March 2010. It is only from April, 2010 the salary of the peti tioner has been stopped. In view of the above, the writ petition is allowed directing the respond ents, more particularly the Treasury Officer, Mongaldoi, to release the admissib le salary to the petitioner for the period during which he was in employment. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is s till in employment of the Water Resource Department. Mr. B. Goswami learned SC, Water Resources Department confirms the position. The admissible salary of the petitioner shall be released as expeditiou sly as possible, but at any rate, not later than 30.11.2011. Let a copy of this order be furnished to Mr. B. Goswami learned SC, Water Resources Department.