IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2474 of 2002 DR.NAND KISHORE ROY NANDAN . Versus B.R.AMBEDKAR BIHAR UNIVERSITY& . ----------- 5 3.2.2010 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing of B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. This application was filed by the petitioner for a direction to appoint the petitioner as the Head of Department of Hindi and also for quashing of the notification contained in Memo No. B/307 dated 31.1.2002 issued under the signature of Registrar, B.R.A. Bihar University, appointing Dr. Bhagwanlal Sahni as head of the Department of Hindi, in the University. Petitioner’s case is that junior to the petitioner has been appointed as Head of Department of Hindi, ignoring his claim. The basis for claiming seniority by the petitioner is that persons working in other departments, who were teachers in integrated department as Head of the University Department, were made Head of Department. Similarly the petitioner was also senior most teacher in the integrated department of Hindi, he also should have been appointed, Head of the Department of Hindi. 2 Annexure-4 is the impugned order, in which it is clearly mentioned that respondent no.4 being the senior most Professor of the University, Department of Hindi has been appointed as Head of Department in the University. So far prayer of the petitioner regarding a direction for appointing him as Head of the Department of Hindi is concerned, now it has become infructuous, on account of petitioner’s superannuation. Now the interest of the petitioner do not survive. I do not find, otherwise also, any merit in the application, as such it is dismissed. (Mridula Mishra,J.) A.Kumar