K. Vinod Chandran, CJ.—The petitioner is aggrieved with the denial of the full benefit under the Statute for Career Advancement Scheme brought in under the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976; which University, is now rechristened B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University.

2. Sri Abhinav Srivastava, learned counsel appeared for the petitioner and Sri Prashant Pratap, GP-2 for the respondent No. 1 and 2.

3. The petitioner was appointed as a Lecturer in an affiliated college of the University after selection conducted by the Bihar College Service Commission, in the year 1997. The appointment was under Section 57A of the Universities Act, which recommendation is seen from Annexure-3 and the appointment evidenced by Annexure-4; as a Lecturer in the Hindi. Subsequently, the petitioner was appointed to a constituent college after selection by the Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission in the year 2003, as is seen from Annexure-5. The petitioner’s contention is that the Statute for Career Advancement Scheme was approved by the Chancellor, in 29.06.2005, but, was implemented with effect from 27.07.1998. Since the statute existed with retrospective effect from 27.07.1998; the p