Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

Prayer in these writ petitions are diverse; may be overlapping in parts.

2. Noticing different and in some cases contradictory stand taken by different Universities in different petitions and, primarily for the reason that a decision which at the first instance must be taken by the authorities, still, the State as well as the Universities by filing affidavits in these writ petitions intended a decision from the Court, hearing of these writ petitions was deferred. In the aforesaid circumstances, on 03.04.2017 the following order was passed :

"These writ petitions have been listed today by an order of the Court.

2. In different writ petitions, the respondent-Universities as well the State Government have taken different stand. One particular University, my judicial experience would say, has taken two different stands in two different cases, though the issue involved is same or similar. In all these writ petitions, primarily the issues involved are grant of promotion from the post of Lecturer to Reader or from the post of Reader to the post of Professor under different statutes namely, Time Bound Promotion, Career Advancement Scheme, Merit Promotion etc. An