S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J. - (1.) IN all the cases, as the common question of law is involved, they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.
(2.) THE petitioners, who have retired as professor from the Services of the University. have preferred the writ petitions for direction on the respondents to pay them pension on the basis of last pay drawn by them and not to deduct any amount from their pension on the basis of any decision taken by the respondents after their promotion to the posts of professor. Further prayer has been made to pay them the salary in the U.G.C. revised scale of pay w.e.f. 1.1.1986. The brief facts of the cases of different petitioners are given hereunder : W.P. (S) No. 5407/2001 The petitioners were initially appointed as Lecturer in one or other college and promoted to the higher post of Reader and thereafter to the post of professors. Petitioner No. 1, was promoted as University Professor vide Notification No. 35/90 dated 5.5.1990. Petitioner No. 2 was so promoted as University Professor vide Notification No. 42/92 dated 3.7.1992. On the other hand, petitioner Nos. 3 & 4 were promoted as University Professors w.e.f. 1.2.1985 vide Notification No. 116/87 dated 29.8.1987. So far as petitioner No. 5 is concerned, he was given promotion as University Professor w.e.f. 1.2.1985 vide Notification No. 32/90 dated 5.5.1990 whereas petitioner No. 6 was promoted as University Professor w.e.f. 1.2.1985 vide Notification No. 101/87 dated 1.9.1987. All the petitioners subsequently retired from the services of the University. W.P. (S) No. 4759/2001 The petitioners of this case were also initially appointed as Lecturer in one or other college. They were also promoted as Reader and then to the higher posts of University Professor as stated hereunder : Petitioner No. 1 was promoted vide Office order No. GA -116/87 dated 8.9.1987 w.e.f. 6.9.1986 whereas petitioner No. 2 was promoted as University Professor w.e.f 11.8.1985 vide Notification No. 108/87 dated 1.9.1987. Petitioner No. 3 was promoted as University professor w.e.f. 1.2.1985 vide Notification No. 99/87 dated 1.9.1987, in respect to petitioner No. 4, such promotion was granted w.e.f. 2.3.1989 vide Notification No. GA -94/89. They also retired from the services of the University. W.P. (S) No. 4758/2001 The sole petitioner was initially appointed as Lecturer whereinafter he was promoted as Reader and then to the next higher post of University Professor w.e.f. 25.8.1988 vide Notification No. GA -94/89 dated 28.9.1989. He also retired from the services of the University on 31.12.1999.
(3.) AT this stage, it may be mentioned that the colleges in which the petitioners were appointed, were under the control of the Bhagalpur University but since the end of the year 1992, they were carved out and placed under newly constituted Sidhu Kanhu University.;