All cases of appointments of government servants, either against regular post or adhoc/fixed/contingency basis against non existing post shall, henceforth, be done only with prior approval of the government to be conveyed in writing by the administrative head of the department. According to DIPR, state chief secretary, Lalthara informed that the government has also decided that all those irregular appointments made by certain heads of departments on the eve of their retirement without following the prescribed procedure should be immediately cancelled by the concerned administrative heads of departments. It was further informed that guilty officials would be taken to task by filling FIR in the Vigilance Commission and all such appointments of Work Charge and casual employees without sanctioned post shall be done only within the strength approved by the Nagaland Work Charge and Casual Employees Commission.