IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 31919 of 2008(Y)
1. TOM JOSEPH
... Petitioner
Vs
1. THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA,
... Respondent
2. THE STATE OF KERALA,
For Petitioner :SRI.JOHNSON GOMEZ
For Respondent :SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, KERALA UTY.
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :04/11/2008
O R D E R
S. SIRI JAGAN, J.
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W.P.(C)No.31919 OF 2008
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Dated this the 4th day of November, 2008
JUDGMENT
The petitioner is a Lecturer in an aided College affiliated to
the University of Kerala. He has filed this writ petition seeking
parity in the matter of age of superannuation of the Teachers of
the University and the Teachers of the Private Aided Colleges in
Kerala. According to the petitioner, as per Ext.P2 UGC report,
the age of superannuation of College and University Teachers
throughout India is to be 65 years. According to the petitioner,
the fixation of 55 as age of superannuation for the Teachers of
Colleges while the age of superannuation of the University
Teachers amounts to discrimination.
I am not inclined to accept the contentions of the petitioner
in so far as identical question had been considered by the
Division Bench of this Court earlier, in a batch of writ petitions,
namely W.A.No.1651/2000 and connected cases holding that it is
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for the Government to fix the retirement age of teachers. The
same view have been affirmed in subsequent Division Bench
also. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to
entertain this writ petition and accordingly the same is
dismissed.
S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE
Acd
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