PATNA, Feb. 22 -- The Patna high court has directed the Bihar government to take a final decision in accordance with law on granting constituent college status to a colleges, which was left out despite fulfilling conditions way back in 1986 and the matter remained pending for nearly four decades, as the file went missing, while other similarly situated colleges got the status.

"The State Government is bound to take a final decision in the matter of extending constituent status to the college within there months. Discrimination in any form is not permissible in a welfare state governed by the rule of law, which mandates uniformity in its action," said the order.

The bench of Justice Harish Kumar directed the Additional Chief Secretary, E...