IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8550 of 2007 NARENDRA MOHAN THAKUR s/o Late Braj Mohan Thakur, resident of Mohalla- North Bhatta, Purnea, P. S. Khajanchi Hat, District Purnea ( Retired as Rapseed and Mustard Breeder)…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Agriculture Production Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar. Patna. 3. The Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Samastipur through its Vice Chancellor. 4. The Vice Chancellor, R. A. U. Pusa, Samastipur. 5. The Director Administration, R.A. U. Pusa, Samastipur. 6. The Principal, Tirhut Agriculture Collegem Dholi, Samastipur. … Respondents. ----------- 2. 30.07.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State and the University are present. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ petition reads as follows:- “1. That this is an application for issuance of an appropriate writ/order/direction commanding the respondents to make payment of the arrears of difference of salary along with interest following the grant of paper promotion to the petitioner retrospectively much after his retirement and further to set aside the decision of the University rejecting his claim vide memo no. 261 dt. 10.7.06 issued under the signature of the Director, Administration Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa.” From the reading of the materials on record it would be clear that the earlier stand of the petitioner was that he was a government employee on deputation to the 2 University and that is how Division Bench of this Court by order dated 17.7.1987 had directed the Government (not University) to grant paper promotion to him in Horticulture Division of the State Government. After the said promotion was given, the petitioner cannot claim the benefit of his promotion in UGC Pay Scale which he was getting prior to the order of this Court dated 17.7.1987. In the opinion of this Court, the respondent Director Administration of the University has rightly held that once the petitioner was given promotion by the State Government w.e.f. 1.4.1981 he would not be entitled for payment of salary in UGC Pay scale. That being so, this court would not find any reason to interfere in the matter and accordingly, this writ petition must be held to be wholly misconceived. It is, therefore dismissed in limine. kanchan/ (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)