NetCDF NF90_PUT_VAR returns error status -51 and the file is empty

Question

I want to write the data of a 3D variable calculated by Fortran routines into a NetCDF file. I have written the code to write the variable data but it is creating an empty NetCDF file after the execution.

stat = NF90_CREATE( '/home/sachin/output.nc', NF90_CLOBBER, ncid_user)

stat = NF90_DEF_DIM( ncid_user, i, NF90_UNLIMITED, i_id )
stat = NF90_DEF_DIM( ncid_user, j, NF90_UNLIMITED, j_id )
stat = NF90_DEF_DIM( ncid_user, k, NF90_UNLIMITED, k_id )

    e_id=(/i_id,j_id,k_id/)     

stat = NF90_DEF_VAR( ncid_user, ene, NF90_INT, e_id, ev_id )


stat1 = NF90_OPEN('/home/sachin/output.nc', NF90_WRITE, ncid_user)

stat1 = NF90_PUT_VAR(ncid_user, ev_id, start = (/ 1,1,1 /), count = (/ 10,10,0 /), stride = (/ 10,10,0 /) )

When I am printing stat1 variable, it is printing -51 as the return value of the NF90_PUT_VAR function.