IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3790 of 2009 1. Satrughan Prasad Singh, S/o Late Nokhay Pd. Singh Retd. Professor, resident of Anupam Niwas, Vidyapati Nagar Saharsa, P. S. & Dist- Saharsa. 2. Amrendra Mishra, s/o Late Rajendra Mishra, Former Minister, Govt. of Bihar, R/o Kayasta Tola, P. S. Town, District- Saharsa. 3. Durga Prasad Choudhary, Late Ram Dutta Choudhary, Retired University Professor resident of Kayasta Tola, P. S. & Dist- Saharsa. 4. Ashwani Kumar Singh, Lecturer, S/o Bishundeo Narayan Singh, R/o Kayast Tola, P. S. & Dist- Saharsa. 5. Prof. Maya Nand Mishra, Retd. University Professor, s/o Babu Nandan Mishra, R/o Vidyapati Nagar, P. S. & Dist. Saharsa. 6. Dilip Kumar Mishra, Principal, P. A. M., College, S/o Late Jai Krishna Mishra, Saharsa, P. S. & Dist. Saharsa. … Petitioners. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Chancellor, Universities of Bihar, Raj Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Chairman, University Grant Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 4. Commissioner, Koshi Division, Saharsa. … Respondents. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr. Manish Kumar Ojha, Adv. For the respondent : Mr. Shivendra Kishore, Adv. --------- 6. 10.03.2010 In this public interest litigation, the prayer is to issue a writ of mandamus to the State Government to establish a new university, namely, Bharti Mandal University, as such a decision was taken sometime in the year 1990. A counter affidavit has been filed by the answering respondent contending, inter alia, that the 2 interest of the public is fulfilled by B. N. Mandal University and there is no necessity to establish another university. Be it noted, there are nine universities in the State of Bihar and thus if the State Government has formed an opinion that Bharti Mandal University is not required to be established, no mandamus can be issued in that regard. It will however be still open to the State Government to rethink whether it can have a university in the name and style of Bharti Mandal University. With the aforesaid observation, this writ petition stands disposed of. kanchan (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)