IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.545 of 2003 1. KUMAR RANJIT SINGH, son of late Kumar Digvijay Singh, resident of L/54, Anugrah Puri, Housing Board Colony, Gaya at present Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Anugrah Memorial College, Gaya 2. Ashok Kumar, son of late Kedar Nath Gupta, resident of Unnat Krishi Kendra, Kirani Ghat, River side road, Gaya, at present Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Anugrah Memorial College, Gaya 3. Ambuj Kumar Verma, son of late Krishna Chandra Prasad Verma, Krishnapuri, Katari Hill Road, Gaya at present Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Jagjivan College, Gaya 4. Indra Deo Prasad, son of late Krishna Prasad, resident of Sushila Nivas, Lakhibagh, Manpur, Gaya at present Lecturer, Department of Physics, Jagjivan College, Gaya 5. Sachchidanand Verma, son of late Ramdeo Prasad, resident of Lakhibagh, Buniyadganj, Gaya at present Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Jagjivan College, Gaya 6. Dinanath Sharma, son of late Ramkrit Sharma, Khaitan Land, Jehanabad at present Lecturer, Department of Botany, S.S.College, Jehanabad 7. Narendra Sharma, son of late Bihari Sharma, resident of Suraj Nagar, Raja Bazar, Jehanabad, at present Lecturer, Department of Zoology, S.S.College, Jehanabad … Petitioners Versus 1. THE Chancellor, Universities of Bihar, Raj Bhawan, Patna 2. The State of Bihar, through the Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Finance, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. The Magadh University through its Registrar, Bodh Gaya, Gaya 6. The Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya 7. The Registrar, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya 8. The Finance Officer, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gay … Respondents. ----------- 2 4. 2.7.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioners, counsel for the University and the counsel for the State. Counsel for the petitioners submits that he has got no instruction in the matter. Counsel for the University, on the other hand, would submit that this writ application by efflux of time has become infructuous, inasmuch as the benefit of UGC pay scale has been extended to all the employees including the petitioners. That being so, this application is dismissed as having become infructuous. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/