IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12071 of 2010 1. Chintamani Mandal, S/o Gobind Mandal, R/o Sachidanand Nagar, P.S. Zero Mile, District Bhagalpur 2. Vimlesh Vibhuti Ranjan, son of Sri Jagadish Narayan Sinha, resident of Sikandarpur Kundul near R.S. College, P.S. and District Muzaffarpur 3. Jayant Ajat Shatru, son of Sri Ajat Shatru, resident of G-2, P.C Colony, Lohiya Nagar, Rajni Path, Kankarbagh, Patna. 4. Shailendra Kumar Tiwary, son of Sri Narad Tiwary, resident of Majhauliya Road, Muzaffarpur, P.S. and District Muzaffarpur 5. Dr. Manoj Kumar S/o Prof. Mithilesh Sharma, resident of Mohalla Chhakkar Maidan, P.S. Muzaffarpur Sadar, District Muzaffarpur. 6. Pramod Kumar, son of Sri Raj Kumar Prasad, resident of L.I.C. Colony, P.S. Zero Mile, District Bhagalpur. 7. Shashank Shekhar, son of Rai Satish Chandra Jha, resident of Surkhi Ka Road, P.S. Tilka Manjhi, District Bhagalpur. 8. Pramod Kumar Singh, son of Ramjatan Prasad Singh, resident of Bharat Niwas, Ishwar Nagar, P.S. Ishak Chak, District Bhagalpur………………………………….Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through the Secretary to the Government, Department of Science and Technology, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal, Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur, P.S. & District Muzaffarpur. 4. The Chairman, Bihar Public Service Commission, Bailey Road, Patna………………………………………..Respondents ----------- 2 17.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned counsel for the respondents. As per the petitioners’ case, they have worked as Part-Time Lecturers on contract basis with Muzaffarpur Institute 2 of Technology (MIT), Muzaffarpur since over five years. Now the posts of Lecturers are going to be filled up through open advertisement on regular basis. They have also applied for their selection and appointment as regular Lecturers under the Science and Technology Department. Petitioners’ grievance is that though they worked with the Department as Part-Time Lecturers for over five years, weightage of their experience is not likely to be given to them for the same. Learned senior counsel for the petitioners has produced a document obtained by him under the Right to Information Act. This shows that in academic marking on technical posts, four marks for each year of experience, in addition to the minimum prescribed qualifications and experiences, are fixed subject to the maximum of 20 marks. In view of this resolution for giving weightage to experience, petitioners should not have any apprehension with regard to ignorance of their experience with the Department. Needless to say that 3 if the Department has taken a decision to give weightage to the candidates who served the Department, weightage should be given to the petitioners also. The writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)