JUDGMENT D.S. Sinha, J.
1. Heard Shri A. N.
Singh, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Shri Anil Tewari, learned counsel representing the Vice-Chancellor of the Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi.
2. Indisputably, the petitioner is a seniormost teacher of Shri Kuber Nath Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya. Kuber Nath, Deoria, and in that capacity, he is officiating and acting as Principal of the college as provided in the Statute No. 12.22 of the First Statute of the Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi. which is applicable in the case of the petitioner.
3. The Statute 12.22 provides that in "case of office of the Principal of an affiliated college falls vacant, the seniormost teacher of the college shall act as Principal until a duly selected Principal assumes office provided that such teacher shall draw the pay he is entitled to get on the post of the teacher and will not get the pay of the post of Principal during such period."
4. In view of the provisions contained in the Statute No. 12.22, the claim of the petitioner for the salary of the post of the Principal of the college is not sustainable. Thus, instant petition has no force.
5. Consequently, the petition is dismissed summarily.