Consequently, the BCI, which had been directed by the HC to ensure strict compliance of its directions, also directed PU to file the replies before the council by way of an affidavit intimating about the compliance of the directions. Any default in carrying out the directions would be viewed seriously, the BCI warned.

More than six months have already passed after the issuance of the HC directions, but the appointments are yet to be made. PU registrar Vibhas Kumar Yadav, told TOI that all the 29 sanctioned posts, including 14 part-time lecturers, have been advertised, but the appointments have been delayed owing to the ongoing indefinite strike by non-teaching staff of the university. He, however, claimed that the process of appointment of law teachers would be expedited soon.

The relevant statutes for appointment of teachers have already been framed, he added.

Meanwhile, taking serious note of the practice of making ad-hoc appointment of law teachers in PU for the last one decade, Human Rights Protection Foundation national general secretary Vivekanand Mishra has urged the state government and PU authorities to regularise the services of all the teachers serving in Patna Law College on an ad-hoc basis for the last one decade.