IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.979 of 2010 In (CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE 10430/2009) 1. Bihar State Scheduled Castes Co-Operative Development Corporation Limited through its Managing Director, Malayanil Bhawan, Buddha Colony, Patna 2. The Managing Director, Bihar State Scheduled Castes Co- Operative Development Corporation Limited, Malayanil Bhawan, Buddha Colony, Patna 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Scheduled Castes Co-Operative Development Corporation Limited, Malayanil Bhawan, Buddha Colony, Patna……………………………………….Appellants Versus 1. Braj Bhushan Prasad, S/O Late Madho Nandan Prasad, R/O Vill & P.O.Shewra, P.S.Shahpur Patori, Distt-Samastipur 2. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Co-Operative Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 4. The Registrar, Bihar State Co-Operative Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 5. The Deputy Development Commissioner-Cum-District Officer At+P.O.+P.S.+Distt-Saharsa……………………..Respondents For the Appellant : Mr. Rama Shanker Pradhan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajeev Lochan, Adv. -------------------- 4. 02.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the appellants. This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against a common judgment dated 13th May, 2010 whereby three writ petitions preferred by three different employees of the appellant Corporation were granted relief and held entitled to the benefit of enhancement of retirement age from 58 years to 60 years. Fourth writ petition preferred by an Association of the employees of the Corporation was also disposed of by the 2 same very order. The other employees were granted consequential benefit of salary from date of their alleged illegal superannuation till completion of age of 60 years but the respondent, Braj Bhushan Prasad who was superannuated with effect from 30.6.2009 but had approached this Court on 21.8.2009 was allowed benefit of salary only with effect from 21.8.2009 till attainment of age of 60 years. Learned counsel for the appellants very fairly submitted that the principle decided by the Writ Court has been approved and affirmed by a Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 28th June, 2011 passed in L.P.A. No. 1059 of 2010 (Bihar Stated Scheduled Castes Co-operative Development Corporation Limited and another Vs. Ram Babu Ram and others). Following the aforesaid order, this appeal is also dismissed. Mkc/ (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Shivaji Pandey, J.)