JUDGMENT

1. The writ petition has been filed to set aside the impugned advertisement dated 27.10.2018 and to direct the respondents to fill up the post of Principal of L.M.S. Law College, Imphal by following the provisions prescribed in the relevant Recruitment Rules framed for the purpose.

2. The case of the petitioner is that on 22.9.1988, he was initially appointed as Lecturer in LMS Law College against the post created vide Government Order dated 1.4.1986 for a period of 6 months or till the post is filled up on regular basis, whichever is earlier. The petitioner's service as Lecturer in LMS Law College was regularised along with other Lecturers of the other Government Colleges on the recommendation of the Special DPC held on 12.3.1993. In the line of promotion, the status of the petitioner was upgraded from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor and thereafter he was appointed as Principal in-charge of LMS Law College on 22.12.2012 as per the order of the Commissioner, Higher Education. Since then the petitioner has been discharging his function as Principal incharge of the said College. While so, without taking into consideration the provisions prescribed by the Bar Council of