WP(C) 6448/2002 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI Heard Sri H. K. Sarma, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri S. K. Medhi, learned Standing Counsel, North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. The 11 writ petitioners were appointed as Excise Constables by the authority of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (herein after referred to as the Counc il) in the year 2001. As the petitioners were not paid their salary they had app roached this Court by instituting another writ proceeding i.e. WP(C) No.2180 of 2001 wherein interim orders were passed for payment of salary. Thereafter, appre hending that their services will be terminated, the present writ petition has be en filed. By an interim order dated 8.10.2002 passed in the present writ petitio n this Court took a prima facie view that the appointment of the petitioners wer e after due selection. Consequently, by the said interim order it was directed t hat the decision of the Executive Council to terminate the services of the petit ioners, which was yet to be implemented at that stage, should not be implemented and the petitioners should be allowed to work and salary should be paid to them on a regular basis. Nearly 8 years have passed in the meantime. The respondent Council has neither s ought vacation/modification of the interim order dated 8.10.2002 not they have m ade their stand known to the court by filing any affidavit or even on the basis of instructions communicated to the learned Standing Council. The total silence of the respondent Council in the matter, in my considered view , can give rise to only one conclusion. The respondent council admits that the a ppointment of the petitioners are regular and they have a right to continue in t he posts in which they were appointed and naturally receive salary against such posts. The present writ petition, therefore, shall stand disposed of by holding and ordering accordingly.