T. Vaiphei, J.

In this writ petition, the petitioner, who claims to be a school teacher under the Bodo Territorial Council, is seeking payment of salary from July, 2006, when it was stopped abruptly by the BTC.

2. The case of the petitioner is that pursuant to the advertisement issued by the Director of Elementary Education, Assam, in the year 1999, he applied for the post of Assistant Teacher of LP/ME/MV/MEM, etc. He was selected for the post by the Sub-Divisional Advisory Board, B.A.C. Where after the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Nalbari vide his order dated 4-12-1999 appointed him as stipendiary Assistant Teacher and posted him at No. 1 Kawli L.P. School. He joined the post on 6-12-1999. He was subsequently transferred to No. 2 Bhehbari L.P. School under Baksa Mushalpur Block vide the order dated 31-12-2005 by the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Nalbari. He joined the post in the month of January, 2006. He received his salary up to the month of June, 2006, but from July 2006, no salary has been paid to him till now even though he has since then been discharging his duty at No. 2 Beharbari L.P. School. It is also the case of the petitioner that the respondent autho