A government employee works sans salary for 20 years !

FROM A Correspondent
TEZPUR, Feb 6: Mahendra Borah (45) of Purani Telia village and chowkidar of the gsankar State Veteriry dispensary near his home has been serving without any salary since 1995. His services were regularized as a chowkidar (MR) vide order no 28 dated 21/12/90 and again vide DVT/H11/90-91/2683-85 dated 22/12/90. He is serving till now, as his post has neither been termited nor has he been discharged from service. The keys of the dispensary are with him and he opens and closes it daily. At present he is the lone employee of the dispensary. He was in receipt of his salaries upto 1994 regularly but his salary was stopped abruptly without assigning any reason. As he has not been asked to leave the job, he is still serving. He has appealed time and again to the authority to pay him his salary, but in vain. Why this innocent poor man is suffering from such a plight is a matter of great concern. People want the department to release his salaries for 20 years, as he has not been either termited or discharged till now.