IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14147 of 2008 1. Sri Parmanand Singh, S/o Late Ram Kripal Singh, Village Garura , P.O. + P.S. Sanjhauli, District Rohtas (Sasaram) 2. Sri Anuj Lal S/o Sri Sudhir Prasad Singh, resident of Mohalla Lohanipur, P.S. Kadamkuan, District Patna. 3. Sri Jagjeet Singh S/o Late Dr. Awtar Singh, resident of 34, Manas Apartment, Road No.2, Rajendra Nagar, P.S. Kadamkuan, District Patna……………………………………………………..……………………………Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Vikash Bhawan, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. Additional Commissioner, Department of Health, Vikash Bhawan, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Health, Vikash Bhawan, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Registrar-Cum-Secretary, Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi……………………………………..Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 19.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned counsel for the respondents. Prayer of the petitioners in this application is to direct the respondents to take steps for appointment of Lecturers in Government Pharmacy Institute, Agamkuan, Patna (hereinafter referred to as the “Pharmacy Institute”) on regular basis and not to run the Institute by ad hoc arrangement. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that earlier an advertisement was published for regular appointment of 2 Lecturers against which petitioners and many others had applied. However, the selection process was cancelled. Referring to Annexure-4, an order of the respondents on the representation of the petitioners, in terms of the direction of this Court, he submits that as far back as in 2007 respondents had asserted that steps were being taken for issue of fresh advertisement and appointment of lecturers and other teachers in the Pharmacy Institute. However, he submits that no steps have been taken in the matter so far although as far back as in 2006 itself, this Court had directed in a writ petition to fill up the post of Lecturers in the Pharmacy Institute on regular basis. He submits that this is the only technical institute being run by the Government in the State. Therefore, its functioning must be streamlined for proper training of the candidates in the technical field. It goes without saying that any Government Teaching Institute must run properly to the best of its capacity. For this purpose, all posts of teaching and 3 non-teaching staff must be filled up on regular basis by qualified candidates after adopting due procedure as per law. Respondents are required to do this in respect of the present Institute also. In the circumstances, it is directed that the respondents will pay attention to the functioning of the Pharmacy Institute and take appropriate steps for its proper functioning and for filling up the posts on regular basis at an early date. The writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)