IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12284 of 2009 DR.RAMESH SINGH . Versus THE L.N.MITHILA UNIVERSITY &OR . ----------- 2 30.11.2009 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing for the L.N.Mithila University. Petitioner’s prayer is for a direction to the respondent authorities of L.N.Mithila University to consider his case for merit promotion from the post of Lecturer to Reader with effect from the date he became entitled for it with consequential benefits. As stated in the writ application petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in the department of Psychology and joined on 21.1.1981. His appointment was approved against the sanctioned post by the competent authority. Despite this fact, his service was not being absorbed for some technical reason, as such he approached this Court by filing CWJC No. 10032 of 1999. The writ application was disposed of giving direction to the respondent to absorb the services of the petitioner and finally the Registrar of the aforesaid University issued memo No. 6110 dated 25.3.2009 absorbing the petitioner’s service with effect from 29.1.1981. Petitioner’s case is that after completing eight years of continuous service, he became entitled 2 for consideration of merit promotion but it is not being done. Earlier in the month of May, 1990 itself the Vice-Chancellor had recommended petitioner’s claim of merit promotion for expert’s comments, to two experts. The experts have submitted their opinion and recommended for petitioner’s merit promotion. The recommendation has been received in the month of June, 1990, but till date the University is quietly waiting and watching the situation and not passing any order. This application is being disposed of directing the authorities of the University to consider petitioner’s case of merit promotion. The petitioner will file a fresh representation before the authorities of the University within one month from today, the same should be considered and decided in accordance with law by a reasoned order by the authorities of the L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga. They will consider the petitioner’s merit promotion in accordance with law and pass an appropriate order in this regard within eight weeks from the date of the filing of the representation. (Mridula Mishra,J.) A.Kumar