ORDER :

1. The appellant,¹[Parties have been described in the manner in which they have been arrayed in Civil Appeal No. 6232/2013.] is aggrieved by the judgment dated 16th May, 2011, passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Patna whereunder the appeals,²[Letter Patent Appeals No. 408/2011, 482/2011, 593/2011, 713/2011 and 751/2011] filed by the respondents No. 5 to 8 herein working as Physical Training Instructors,³[For short ‘PTI’] in four different colleges under the respondent No.1 - University were allowed and the judgment of the learned Single Judge dated 10th February, 2011 passed in CWJC No. 14680 of 2020 filed by the appellant terminating their services was quashed. It was further clarified that if the respondent No.1 – University, including the Chancellor were so inclined, they would be entitled to proceed afresh with the inquiry directed to be conducted in the matter after due notice to the private respondents herein.

2. We may first take note of some relevant facts of the case.

2.1. An advertisement was issued by the respondent No.1-University on 13th July, 2008, inviting applications for appointment of PTIs in four of its constituent colleges. The said advertisem