IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7294 of 2006 RAGHUPATI RAY,S/O LATE RAM PRAVESH RAY OF S.B. COLLEGE, ARA, DISTRICT BHOJPUR. .............PETITIONER. Versus 1.VEER KUNWAR SINGH UNIVERSITY ARA, THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR DISTRICT BHOJPUR. 2.THE REGISTRAR VEER KUNWAR SINGH UNIVERSITY, ARA, DISTRICT BHOJPUR. 3.MAGADH UNIVERSITY, BODH GAYA THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR, DISTRICT GAYA. 4.THE REGISTRAR, MAGADH UNIVERSITY, BODH GAYA, DISTRICT GAYA. 5.THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR, MAGADH UNIVERSITY, BODH GAYA, DISTRICT GAYA. 6.THE PRINCIPAL, S.B. COLLEGE, ARA, DISTRICT BHOJPUR. ...........RESPONDENTS. ----------- 04/ 27.06.2011 Having heard counsel for the parties and taking into account the relief which was sought initially by the petitioner in this writ application as with regard to a direction to the respondents for considering his case of promotion on the post of Lab-Technician and that the University during the pendency of this writ application had notified such promotion on 06.09.2006, would now only give liberty to the petitioner to approach the Vice-chancellor of the University as with regard to his further grievance that his such promotion should have been made with retrospective effect giving similar consideration as was made in the case of Jai Bahadur Singh, Lallu Prasad and Laxman 2 Mishra, who too alike the petitioner were promoted initially on 06.09.2006 on the higher post, only with prospective effect but such order came to be revised in the case of the aforementioned three persons subsequently by University notification dated 21.11.2007 (Annexure-15) giving them the benefit of retrospective promotion w.e.f 07.05.1999 and 01.02.2003 respectively. That being so, if the petitioner would file a representation claiming his retrospective promotion, the Vice-chancellor of the University shall consider the same and pass his reasoned order within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Let it be made clear, that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner as with regard to his retrospective promotion and has merely remitted the matter back to the Vice-chancellor of the University to pass the order strictly in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. 3 Ranjan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J)