- (1.) Heard Sri Manu Khare, Advocate on behalf of the petitioners.
(2.) Petitioners, who are two in number seeks a writ of mandamus directing the University to take a decision in accordance with the orders of Chancellor dated 20.01.2005 and to quash the appointment of two Lecturers in pursuance to Advertisement dated 14.03.2007 (Annexure 13 to the present writ petition).
(3.) Facts in short giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows : University of Allahabad, which was earlier a State University, under the U. P. State Universities Act, 1973 is stated to have offered appointment to the petitioners, who are two in number, as Additional Lecturers in the Department of Geography vide order dated 6.04.1995 on a fixed honorarium of Rs.60/- per lecture. A copy of the appointment letter is enclosed as Annexure 1 to the present writ petition.;