IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9373 of 2010 1. RAJESH KUMAR 2. BINOD KUMAR -------PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 2 8..6.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioners. No one appears on behalf of the State. This application has been filed by the petitioners for a direction to the respondents for allowing them to participate in counselling for appointment on the post of Librarian. In response to the advertisement dated 30.8.2008 petitioner has applied for the post of Librarian. Petitioners have obtained degree in Bachelor of Library and Information Science in the year 2008 from the Alagappa University, Karaikudi, which is recognized by the U.G.C. and Distance Education Council. Earlier the petitioners had moved before this Court by filing CWJC No. 812 of 2010 which was permitted to be withdrawn giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the respondents to consider their cases for 2 allowing them to participate in the counselling. After the disposal of petitioners’ earlier writ application some of the similarly situated candidates moved before the Supreme Court in S.L.A.(Civil) No. 10964 of 2010, wherein a direction has been issued to the respondents to allow the petitioners to participate in the counselling for the post of Librarian provided they have obtained degree in Bachelor of Library Science from Alagappa University, which is stated to have been recognized with retrospective effect from 1995. Petitioners’ case is identical to the case of petitioners in SLA (Civil) No. 10964 of 2010. Since the degree of Alagappa University in the Library and Information Science is now recognized by the U.G.C. as well as Distance Education Council, there is no reason for the respondents for not allowing the petitioners to participate in the counselling and considering their candidatures for the post of Librarian 3 and Information Science. This application is allowed, directing the respondents to allow the petitioners to participate in the counselling and consider their cases for appointment, if selected for the post. (Mridula Mishra,J.) A.kumar