IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2797 of 2006 DR.UTTAM LAL THAKUR, son of Sri Baldeo Thakur Resident of village and P.S.-Ladania, District-Madhubani at present Reader, Department of of English C.M.J.College, Donwari Hat Khutauna , PL.S. Babubarhi Distgrict-Madhubani. ……………….Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary-cum-Commissioner, higher education department Govt. of Bihar. 2. The Chancellor of universities, bihar, patna. 3. Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga through its registrar. 4. The Registrar, Lalit Narayan University, Kameshwar nagar, Darbhanga. 5. The Bihar State University (constitutent Colleges) Service Commission, Patna. 6. Dr. Dhaneshwar Prasad Singh, son of Late Sukdeo Mahto of village-Chhourhi, P.S.-Babubarhi District-Madhubani at present H.O.D., Geography C.M.J. College, khutauna P.S. Babubarhi Dist- Madhubani. ………………Respondents. ----------- 4. 8.10.2010 Having heard Mr. Yugal Kishore, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the L.N. Mishra University as also taking into consideration that as with regard to the following relief :- “For a direction to the respondents to consider the promotion of the petitioner to the post of University professor on the basis of the registration of a candidate for research for Ph.D. degree under him or publication of Books written by the petitioner or publication or presentation of article, be issued.” the ultimate stand of the University for the present is as follows :- That the petitioner’s name had been recommended for promotion to the post of University Professor in English with effect from 7.2.95 i.e. the date on which the research scholar was registered under his guidance\. As a result of the order of the hon’ble Chancellor the experience 2 of guiding the research work will be counted when the research scholar completes his research work leading award of Ph.D. degree. That it is submitted that the meeting of the screening committee is expected to take place within a period of 3 months and the case of the petitioner shall be placed for consideration by the screening committee as soon as it meets next. In view of the fact that as this matter is still to be decided by the University and its screening committee, this Court would dispose of this writ application with a direction to the University to ensure that its undertaking given in the aforementioned paragraphs 8 and 9 of the counter affidavit is carried out in letter and sprit preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt /production of a copy of this order. Prakash/Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)