Aftab Alam, J.

By order dated 30.7.1997 this Court constituted a one man committee of Mr. Justice S. Sarwar Ali requesting him to prepare the annual budget for the B.R.A. Bihar University after hearing the Government, the University authorities and other interested parties. After taking up the exercise as requested by this Court Mr. Justice Ali submitted two interim reports dated 3.11.1997 and 2.12.1997. In these reports he identified and formulated certain disputed legal issues which had cropped up in course of preparation of the budget and on which conclusive judicial pronouncement was deemed necessary before a realistic and meaningful budget could be finalised.

2. Copies of the two interim reports were given to Mr. Ganga Prasad Ray, A.A.G. III appearing for the State, lawyers appearing for the different Universities and counsel for the petitioners in each of this batch of cases. Later, all the parties were heard at length on February 5, 6, 9 and 10, 1998 on the issues identified in the two interim reports and this order is being passed to answer the legal questions indicated in the two interim reports submitted by the committee.

3. Mr. A.A.G. III submitted that the FIRST is