IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14182 of 2007 RAM CHANDRA SINGH son of late Gauri Singh, resident of village Shankerbar, Tola, Ward no.14, P.O. Mokama, P.S. Mokama, Dist. Patna. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary Higher Education, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya. 3. The Registrar Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya. 4. The Budget and Account Officer, Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Gaya. 5. The Principal, Ram Ratan Singh College, Mokama, Dist. Patna. ----------- 2 29.09.2010 Having heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the University as also counsel for the State, this Court would direct the Vice Chancellor of the University to consider grievance of the petitioner for grant of regular promotion on the post on which the petitioner would be entitled for such regular promotion keeping in view that the petitioner is a Library Assistant. While giving such direction this Court must make it clear that the post of Head Assistant being claimed by the petitioner cannot be a promotional post of Library Assistant and such promotional post of the petitioner can be only on the post of Assistant Librarian or Librarian as may have sanctioned in the college of the petitioner. Therefore, if such post of Librarian is vacant then only the petitioner will be entitled for consideration of his regular promotion, otherwise the petitioner will have to be satisfied with the time bound promotion which is only by way of anti stagnation removal measure for such employee who could not earn their regular promotion for any reason including want of vacant sanctioned post. The petitioner can be only given such time 2 bound promotion only from a date prior to 1.1.1996 inasmuch as the Scheme of Time Bound Promotion in the University has been scrapped w.e.f. 1.1.1996. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would give liberty to the petitioner to file a compact representation enclosing copy of this order, whereafter the Vice Chancellor of the University will pass a reasoned order within a period of six months from the date of filing of such representation and if prayer of the petitioner either for his regular or time bound promotion is allowed, he may also be given consequential financial benefit. If, however, claim of the petitioner is rejected, the Vice Chancellor of the University will be under obligation to give reasons in support of his order. With the aforementioned observations and directions this application is disposed of. Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)