THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No :4620 of 2010 DATED: 26-02-2010 Between: Prof.P.Krishna Rao. ..... PETITIONER And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner, who is working as a Professor in the Department of Instrument Technology approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is hereby prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1,3 and 4 in implementing the enhanced age of superannuation from 60 to 65 yeas to the University Teachers working in the respective Universities, keeping in view the report/recommendations of Prof.G.K.Chadha’s Committee of the 3rd respondent Commission as illegal, arbitrary, void, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner in service till the petitioner attains the age of 65 years with all consequential and attendant benefits and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Higher Education appearing for the 1st respondent and the learned counsel appearing for the respondents 2 to 4. 3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner the Pay structure and allowances of the petitioner were recommended to be enhanced by the University Grants Commission. Similarly, the age of the Professors working in the Universities has been enhanced from 60 to 62 in some cases and 62 to 65 in some other cases. The said enhancement is on the basis of the recommendations made by the University Grants Commission and the said recommendation made by the University Grants Commission was approved and accepted by the Central Government. Pursuant thereto, on 31-12-2008, the Central Government addressed letters to all the State Governments directing them to consider and implement the said guidelines recommended by the University Grants Commission. Though the said proceeding issued by the Government of India is dated 31-12-2008, the State Government took its own time and issued G.O.Ms.No.14 on 20-02-2010 implementing the said recommendations made by the University Grants Commission. However, insofar as the age of superannuation is concerned, as per the said G.O. the Government stated that it will examine the enhancement of the age of superannuation of the teachers separately. The same is questioned in this Writ Petition. 4. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the State Government took almost 1½ years to implement the said recommendations despite the fact that the Central Government had addressed letters as early as on 31-12-2008 and now it is not known how much time it takes to examine the enhancement of the age of superannuation of the teachers and he requested this Court to direct the respondents to examine the same at the earliest. There is every justification in the request made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to examine the enhancement of age of superannuation of the teachers and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with the rules, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA,J 26th February, 2010. Tsy