WP(C) 5951/2006 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B K SHARMA Heard Mr. H Das, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appears for th e respondents. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents to release the arrear salary stated to be payable from the p eriod May, 2000 to May, 2002 and from the August, 2006 till date. The respondents have filed their counter-affidavit in which it has been stated that payment for the period from May, 2000 to May, 2002 has been made to the petitioner as M.Rs. submitted by the petitioner as detailed below : 1-1-2000 to 1-3-2000 1-6-2002 to 29-8-2002 1-9-2002 to 29-11-2002 1-12-2002 to 29-12-2002 As regards the salary stated to be payable from August, 2006 till date, it is the stand of the respondents that the petitioner was paid salary up to Aug ust 2006 and thereafter, he was not engaged on MR basis and thus, salary also co uld not be paid on the principle of no work no pay. The aforesaid stand of the respondents have been denied by the petitione r in its affidavit-in-reply. According to him, he had worked for the entire peri od and that he is in service till date. In the affidavit-in-opposition filed by the respondents a further stand has been taken that there is no order towards continuation of the service of the petitioner. If, the petitioner has been serving on his own accord, without any authority and /or written order from the competent authority, he cannot claim th at he is still in service and should be paid salary. The particular stand of the respondents regarding submission of MRs for the aforesaid period only by the petitioner and that he was not engaged after Au gust, 2006 has not been specifically denied by the petitioner. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner and acc ordingly, the writ petition is dismissed.