PATNA, India, July 23 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on July 11:

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Gyanand Roy as also the learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties.

2. The petitioner has alleged disobedience of the order dated 27.02.2019, passed by this Court in CWJC No.5320 of 2013 whereby and whereunder the petitioner was granted liberty to file a detailed representation before the Director, Higher Education, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna (Opposite party no.2) with regard to his grievances and in turn, the opposite party no.2 was directed to decide the case of the petitioner finally.

3. It is the complaint of the learned counsel for the petitioner that till date, the opposite party no.2 has not passed any order, hence the present contempt petition.

4. On the contrary, the learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 1 and 2 has submitted by referring to the show-caused filed in the present case that after the petitioner had filed representation, the department had examined the case of the petitioner in the background of the directions given by this Court and had found that the petitioner claims to have joined on the post of Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, SNS College, Motihari on 06.07.1976, whereafter, he was appointed as temporary teacher on 18.03.1978, when the said college was an affiliated college and subsequently, on 27.10.1980, the Bihar College Service Commission had recommended his name for appointment and the college in question was converted into a constituent unit with effect from 01.10.1980. The Higher Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna had then requested the university to supply the statement of facts, whereafter the university had supplied the same on 22.07.2023 pertaining to the petitioner along with certain documents. It is further submitted on behalf of the opposite party nos. 1 and 2 that the actual decision is to be taken by the opposite party-BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.

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