(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 579 OF 2008 Bhawanipant s/o. Narayanrao Pande, Age : 60 years, Occupation : Service at Professor, R/o. Plot No. 9-A, Dashmeshnagar, Opp. to Nitin Apartment, Aurangabad. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, through the Department of Education, Higher Education, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, through its Registrar. 3. University Grants Commission, Bahadurshah Jafar Marg, New Delhi. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. Nagargoje, Advocate, holding for Mr. R.J. Godbole, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. D.R. Korde, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent no.1. (2) Mr. S.S. Thombre, Advocate, for respondent no.2. Mr. Alok Sharma, Standing Counsel, for respondent no.3. ........................ CORAM : A.P. DESHPANDE & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 7TH JANUARY 2010 COURT'S ORDER (Per A.P. Deshpande, J.) : 1. The petitioner, who is working as a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, has challenged in the present petition, the Government Resolution dated 11th December 1999, issued by the State of Maharashtra, to the extent it fixes the age of superannuation, of the Teachers in the non-agricultural Universities, to be 60 years. The challenge to the fixation of the age of superannuation, by the State of Maharashtra, is challenged on the ground that the same is contrary to the directions issued by the University Grants Commission and the Government of India. 2. The learned Assistant Government Pleader appearing for respondent no.1 has invited our attention to a judgment rendered in Writ Petition No. 5338/2007 and other connected matters, dated 28-11-2007. An identical challenge was raised by the Teachers in the (3) batch of petitions and the Division Bench of this court vide judgment dated 28th November 2007, has upheld the Government Resolution and the fixing of the age of superannuation as 60 years. Dismissing the petitions, the Court held that the fixation of age of superannuation has been validly made under the Government Resolution. The question raised in this petition is squarely answered against the petitioner in the said judgment. 3. Hence, for the reasons recorded in the above referred judgment, the present petition fails and is dismissed. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( A.P. DESHPANDE ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp579