IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.983 of 2011 Non Teaching Staff Association Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors 4/ 10/08/2011 The Court on the earlier occasion had observed that if the statement of accounts is not furnished to the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of the order, the Vice Chancellor, the Registrar and the Finance Officer of the University may be exposing themselves to appropriate proceedings. The order is stated to have been served on the opposite parties on 1.9.2008. It appears that adjournment has been granted twice on 18.5.2011 and on 13.7.2011 for the purpose. The contempt application was filed as far back as 1.3.2011. Shri Ajay Bihari Sinha appearing for the Lalit Narayan Mithila University submits that he has been entrusted with the brief recently and today it is his first appearance. The University is a legal entity whose existence does not depend or fluctuate with the counsel that it may engage. The answerability and accountability continues with the University authorities. Shri Sinha submits that he has instructions to state that the statement of accounts has been sent to the Secretary of the Non-teaching Staff Association of the 2 R.K. College, Madhubani. Counsel for the petitioner denies receipt. Let the petitioner appear with a copy of the present order before the Vice Chancellor who shall ensure that the statement of accounts is furnished to the petitioner within a maximum period of 24 hours from the date of such presentation of this order before the Vice Chancellor. The Court hopes and trusts that there shall be no occasion for the Court to deal with the matter afresh. The present order is but the creation of the University Authorities. If only they had bothered to send the copy of the statement of accounts along with instructions to their counsel, the matter could have attained finality today. The application is disposed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)