IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7231 of 2009 DR.SADANAND JHA & ORS Versus THE T.M.BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY & ----------- 2. 02.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing for Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. This application has been filed by the petitioners for quashing the show-cause notice issued by the Registrar of the university dated 23.05.2009 individually to all the petitioners asking them as to why the order of their absorption issued by the university be not cancelled and they be terminated from the service of the university. Petitioners’ grievance is that their salary have been stopped since March, 2009. It has been alleged by the petitioners that they are working in the college from the date, Sabour college became constituent. It is also stated that the notice itself is wrong as it is mentioned in the notice that petitioners’ name have been included in Justice S.C. Agarwal’s report in the list of R2-NR when in fact, petitioners’ names are mentioned in that report in Annexure-4A which is the list of such teaching staffs who are eligible to be considered for absorption. Without deciding merit of the show cause notice, this application is being disposed of with a direction to the respondents-authorities of the university to allow the petitioners 2 to place their case in response to the show cause notice. They should be given appropriate opportunity to defend themselves. Their case be considered in accordance with law in the light of earlier orders of absorption passed in their favour as well as Justice S.C. Agarwal’s report. The respondents are further directed to resume payment of salary to the petitioners forthwith. Their arrears of salary starting from the month of March, 2009 be paid as petitioners are in service and no adverse order has been passed against them by any authority till date. The respondent-authorities will continue to make payment of petitioners’ salary. This application is, accordingly, disposed of. akv/ ( Mridula Mishra, J )