(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 4005 OF 2010 Ravindra s/o. Kisanrao Kapre, Age : 40 years, Occupation : Service, R/o. Indrayani Niwas, Gugale Colony, Burhanagar, Taluka & District : Ahmednagar. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Principal Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2. Maharashtra Public Service Commission, Through its Secretary, 3rd Floor, Bank of India Building, M.G. Road, Fort, Mumbai-01. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. R.N. Dhorde, Advocate, holding for Mr. A.C. Darandale, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Khandare, Government Pleader, for respondent no.1. Respondent no.2 served (Absent). ........................ (2) CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 30TH SEPTEMBER 2010 COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 20th April 2010, passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai, Bench at Aurangabad, in Original Application No. 277/2010, thereby dismissing the application filed by the petitioner. 2. The main contention of the petitioner is that though according to the relevant rules, relaxation in upper age limit is granted in favour of the employees of the State Government, the same is not granted in case of the employees of Zilla Parishad. 3. Mr. R.N. Dhorde, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner, submits that the employees of the State Government and Zilla Parishad are same for all the purposes and the artificial discrimination, which is sought to be invoked by the rules, is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. 4. It is a settled law, that the employees of the State Government, and the employees of the local self-government, (3) form part of separate classes. Differential treatment for different classes is permissible under Article 14 of the Constitution of India. In that view of the matter, no case is made out for interference. 5. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. ( A.A. SAYED ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp4005