- (1.) This application is at the instance of an unsuccessful candidate to the post of Dean of the West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700037 and is filed for writ order or directions in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to rescind, recall & cancel the selection for the aforesaid post of Dean, a panel prepared on the basis of such selection, the resolution of the Executive Council of the University dated April 24, 2012, approving such panel and the appointment order issued in favour of the respondent no.4 dated April 24, 2012 and other consequential reliefs.
(2.) The short fact necessary for the purpose of this writ petition is that the petitioner was appointed Lecturer in 1982 in the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya. Then, he was promoted to the post of Reader, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya in 1991. Then, in 1995, the petitioner was transferred to the West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, on promotion, as Reader.
(3.) Thereafter, in 1999, he was promoted to the post of Professor.;