IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7208 of 2007 KHAGENDRA KUMAR Versus THE SYNDICATE THRU.V.C.,PATNA& ----------- CWJC No.11426 of 2007 DR.MASUD AHMAD KAZIMI Versus THE SYNDICATE,PATNA UNIVERSITY ----------- CWJC No.11560 of 2007 DR.FAZAL AHMAD Versus THE SYNDICATE,PATNA UNIVERSITY ----------- CWJC No.11586 of 2007 DR.SHARAD PRAWAL Versus THE SYNDICATE,PATNA UNIVERSITY ----------- CWJC No.11343 of 2007 DR.SUFIA NASREEN Versus THE SYNDICATE,PATNA UNIVERSITY ----------- CWJC No.11790 of 2007 MD.ALAMGIR Versus THE SYNDICATE,PATNA UNIVERSITY ----------- 3. 08.09.2008 Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Counsel for the University. The common relief sought in this batch of six writ applications is for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer from the post of Lecturer and appropriate consideration thereafter for promotion to the post of Reader. Learned Counsel for the University does not dispute that the respective persons recommended for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer by the Bihar State Combined College Service Commission were junior to the petitioners. The Commission did not consider the case of the petitioners allegedly for lack of availability with them of their dates of joining. From the counter affidavit at Annexure ‘A’ filed by the University, learned Counsel for the petitioners and the University are unanimous in their submission that subsequent to the dissolution of the Commission and promulgation of the Patna University (Amendment) Act 2007 in terms of the order dated 7.10.2007, inter se seniority between the Lecturers for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer shall not be affected notwithstanding that a junior may have been recommended for such promotion by the erstwhile Commission till such time that all eligible are considered by the Committee of the University and promotions granted accordingly. Learned Counsel for the petitioners however voices apprehension that any delay in consideration of their cases for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer may prejudice them by non-consideration of their cases in time for the post of Reader even while their juniors promoted to the post of Senior Lecturer earlier may steal an advantage over them. The writ applications are therefore disposed with directions that the Committee competent under the Patna University (Amendment) Act 2007 for considering the cases for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer shall be obliged to take a decision with regard to the petitioners inclusive of the issue of inter se seniority vis-à-vis who may be junior to them and may have been promoted earlier within a maximum period of eight weeks from the date of receipt and/or production of a copy of this order. To prevent further recrimination and to prevent any prejudice to the petitioners this Court considers it proper to further direct that till such time that the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Senior Lecturer are not considered and decided in accordance with law, the University shall not proceed with consideration of cases for promotion to the post of Reader. I.A. No. 6773 of 2007 has been filed in CWJC No. 11343 of 2007 to be added as intervener petitioners seeking relief on common grounds. Upon hearing Counsels for the parties and to prevent multiplicity of cases the I.A. application is allowed. The interveners shall be deemed to be one of the original petitioners. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)