Hon’ble Sheo Kumar Singh-I, J.—By means of present writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 2.7.2012 passed by Chancellor, Deen Dayall Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Luckow, and Executive Council’s resolution dated 3.7.2012 on Agenda No. -36A (Annexure Nos. -1 and 2 to the writ petition) with further prayer to issue writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the opposite parties to promote the petitioner on the post of Professor in English Department of University from the date of her eligibility under the Career Advancement Scheme (hereinafter called as CAS).

2. Brief facts giving rise to filing of the present writ petition are that the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in English Department of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University Gorakhpur on 29.7.1988 and was given senior scale on 29.7.1993. She was further granted the pay scale of Reader w.e.f. 29.7.1998, but the post of Reader was actually given on 13.12.2001. She became eligible for the post w.e.f. the date and the scale was granted in her favour i.e. 29.7.1998. State of U.P. vide order dated 13.3.2001 directed the Universit