P.S. SAHAY, J.

This application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India is for quashing Annexure 5, the notification issued by the Vice-Chancellor appointing respondent no. 8 as temporary lecturer in Education with specialisation in History and also Annexure 8, the order of the Chancellor rejecting the representation filed by the petitioners.

2. In order to appreciate the points which have been raised in this application, it will be necessary to state some facts. The senate and the Syndicate of the Patna University (hereinafter referred to as the University) were superseded in 1971, and respondent 8, the Vice Chancellor assumed power, and he had to act with the approval of the Chancellor. During the year 1974-75 six new posts of lecturers were created by the University which were sanctioned by the State Government in the faculty of Education in six subjects, Viz., Science Methodology, Home Science Methodology, History Methodology, Sanskrit Methodology, Geography Methodology and Hindi Methodology. It has been stated in the petition that respondent 3 (Vice-Chancellor) and respondent 7, Dr. Raja Ram Singh, acting principal of the Training College, were close fri