S><2-o-g/o^— ~R.No......r...^.....^ Fresented by ShrfeoJ.^.^M'S^ ..^..ll./..v.^. ^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION N0. .<S 6 ~S /2005 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS Smt Suraj Bai, D/o. Munna, Aged about 60 years, R/o. Sarkanda, Bilaspur, Tahsil & District BUaspur (C.G.) VERSUS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Department of Public Works, Mantralaya, D.K.S Bhawan Raipur (C.G.). 2. The Superintending Engineer, Department of PubUc Works, Bilaspur Division, BHaspur (C.G.) 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Public Works Department, Sub Division 1,2&3 Bilaspur (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ORDER/DIRECTIONS IN NATURE OF WRITS OF MANDAMUS, CERTIORARY OR ANY OTHER WRIT OR LIKE NATURE ?< AF< ^ HIGH COURT OP CHHAmSGARH AT BILASPUR Wrtt Petttton Bo. IQSofaOKW Ptetittoner Govind Versus Respondcnts State ofGhhattisgarii and ofhcra And other conaected mattew. PDSt. for onier on 4fh«Jamraiy, 2007. Sd/- ! Satish K. Agnihotri Judge 3^ ^. HIGH COURT OF CHHATnSGARH AT BILASFUR Writ Pctitton No. 108 of2005 Petttioner Gowmd Vcraus Respondents State ofChhattisgaA <fc otticre Writ Pfetition No. 150 of2005 Petitiotiera Ramavtar and ofhera Vcrsus Respoctdents State of CMtattisgaili & another Writ Petition No. 350 of2005 Pfetitioner Lochan Ram Vcraus Respondents StateofChhattis^ufa&otticrs Writ Pctitipn No. 454 of2005 Petitionera Ram Prasad Yadav and othera Veraus Respondents State ofCUhattisgaA & othera Writ Petition No. 610 rf2005 Petitioner Sukhin Bai Versus Respondenta State of r'hhntfingnrli & aiiother Writ Pftition No. 846 of2005 Ffctitionera Subhash Chand aad anofher Vcraus Reapondents State ofChhattfsgaA & anofhcr Writ Petitfon No. 908 of20(K petitioner Sukwaro Vcrsus Rcapondents State of Chhattisjprii & ofhera Writ Petition No. 909 <rf2QW> Petitfoner Dhanush Versus RespODdents State of Chhattis^A & ofhcra Writ RBtition No. 979 <rf20(® PetitionCT Rnnr-haninnn Versus Respondents State ofChhattfagarh & ofhera Writ Petition No. 980 oif20re Petitionera Nandteil SiMar aad another Versus Rcspondcnts Stete ofChhattisgarii & ofhcra Writ ftetition No. 100lof 2005 Ftetitioiier Smt Lccla Bai Vcraus Respondcnts State of ChhHttfegarti & othera Writ Petition No. 1026 of2005 Petitioners Buddhin-am and othere Vcrsus Respondcnta State of CUhattfagaifa & ofhera Writ Petition No. 1039 of2005 Pfetitfoner DhanSsy Sahu Vcrsus Respondents State ofGhliatti^arti & ofhera Writ Petitiou No. 3944 of2005 Petitioncr Purahotam VCRSUS Respondcats StatcofChhattisgpA&ofhera Writ Petition No. 4542 of2005 Petitioner Motu Vcrsus Respondents State ofChhattii^aA & anofhcr Writ Ptetitun No. 4654 of2005 Petitioiicr Ram Avtar Versus Respondents Statc ofChhattis^A & anofher Writ Ptitition No. 5668 of 2005 Petitfoncr Smt Suiaj Bai Vcrsus Respondents Stete of caihattisgarh & ottera Writ Petition No. 5746 of 2005 Petitk»iier Punaram Sahu Veraus Rcspondents State ofChhflttisgaA & ofhera Writ Pclitiou No. 483 of2006 Ptetitioner Gorelal Veraus Respondcnts State ofChhattis^uti & others Writ Pfctitfon No. 650 of2006 Petittoner Bhaga Bai Vcrsus Respondcnts State of Chhattisgaifa & ofhcra Writ Petitioa No. 697 of2006 PetitiDncr Smt MahcshJa Bai Versus Respondents State ofChhat&^rfi & ofhcra Writ Petitfon No. 1980 of2006 Pstitioner Ankatu Ram Versus Respoiidents State of Chliattfsgarh & othcra Writ Ptetition No. 2767 of2006 Pfctitwiier Baiatu Versus Respondents State ofCUiattis^iA & anofher Writ Pfetidon No. 2768 of2006 Petitioiier Shraj Bai Sahu Vcrsus Respoiuients State ofChhatti^arh & another Writ Petition No. 2769 of2006 Petitioner Smt Digia Bai VCTSUS Rcspondcnts State ofChhatti^arh & anofhcr Writ Petition No. 2770 of2006 Petitioner Bharat Vcnsus Responilents Statc of Chhattisgarh & aiiother Writ Petition No. 2771 of2006 PetitioBer Parsadi Ram Vcrsus Respondcnts StateofChhattfagaA&othera Writ Petitjon No. 2917 of2006 Pfetitioner Dhelu Ram SiMar Vetsus Rcspondents Statc of CUhattisgarii & others 4 ® Writ Ptetition No. 3030 of2006 Ftetitfoncr Visharam Yadav Versus Reapondents State ofChhattia^A & ofhera Writ Petitkm No. 3938 of2006 Petitfoner Manohar Vcrsus Rcspoiidents State ofCUhattis^iA & ofhcra Writ Pfcdtfon (Sl No. 4693 of2006 Petitioncr MnnhnrRn Versus Respondents State <rfChliatds^uh. & aaothcr Writ Pfetition (81 No. 4694 <rf2006 Petitioncr Tulsiram Veraus Respondents SteteofChhattisgarh&others Writ Petitfoa (Sl No. 5446 of2006 PetitioitCT Uttani Siagh Vcrsus Respondents State ofChhatti^aA & ofhers Writ PfetitK»iifS»No. 6256 of2006 Pteti.tk>ner Bishal Ram Sahu Versus Respoitdents State ofChIiattis^ulidBanofher Writ Petition (81 No. 6309 af2006 Pttitfoncr Smt Tflmati Veraus Respondents Statc ofChhattisgaA & ofhera Writ Ptetition (Sl No. 6686 of2006 PetitioaeT Kashi Ram Sahu Vcrsus Respondente State ofChhattisgarh & othera Writ Petition No. 501 of2004 PBtitfoner Sanshu Ram Versus Respondents State ofChhattisgaA & others And Writ Petitfon (St No. 4476jrf2006 Petitioner Sadhu Ram Yadav Versus Respondents State ofChhattisgBrh & ofhera 8B: Honlite Mr. Justxx Sirtteh K. AgnUiotri, J Shri Ashok Das Vaishaay, Shri KjSjhorc BIiaduri, Shri Anoop Mazumdar, Smt Fouzia Mirea, Shri Ajay Sbrivastava, Sbri H. S. Ahlnwalia, Shri Rahul Birfhciy, Shri Ashok Soiii, Shri Smiil Otwani, Sbri Aahok Patil and Shri Abhgit Sarkar, Advocates for tfae petittoneis. Shri V. V. S. Murfhy, Deputy Advocate Gcncral with Smt Anju Ahuja, Deputy Govemmcnt Advocate for fhc respondents. ORDER (Passed on this^-^lay ofJanuaiy, 2007) 1. In flris batch of matters (Writ Pctition No.s KW/2005, 150/2005, 350/2005, 454/2005, 610/2005, 846/2005, 908/2005, 909/2005, 979/2005. 980/2005, 1001/2005, 1026/2005, 1039/2005, 3944/2005, 4542/20<B, 4654/2005, 5668/2005, 5746/2005, 483/2006, 650/2006, 697/2006, 1980/2006, 2767/3006, 2768/2006, 2769/2006, 2770/2006, 2771/2006, 2917/2006, 3030/2006, 3938/2006, 4693/2006, 4694/2006, 5446/2006, 6256/2006, 6309/2006, 6686/2006, 501/2004 and 4476/2006), tfae petitioners, who ha»ewoAed for more fhan 15 years as Gangnacn seek a relief that fhe pedtionera being pcrmanent gaagmen be retired at fhe age of 62 ycars in accordance wifh fhc CUhattis^irh Shaskqra Sevak (Adhivarshiki-Ayu) Adlmiiyam, 1967 ( for short the Act, 1967') read with Pundamental Rule (for sliort 'F.R4 56. 2. The iadisputabte facts are fhat ttie petitioncra were cmployed as ^ngmen. AcconUng to leamed counsel for fhe petitk»ners thcy (S^ attained the status of pennancnt emphqreea, aa defined under Rate 2(c) of the CUhattis^A (Woikchai'gisd and Contmgency Piaid Empteyees) Pensfon Rziles, 1979 ( for sliort the Rules, 197y), firamed uiuler Artfc:le 309 of fhe Constitntion of India. Aflier banng attaincd fhe status offhe permanent emptoyee the petitioncra woukt retire on attammg fhe ay/e. of62 yeara on superannuation under fhe piovisioi® oftheAct, 1967. 3. Shri Ashok Das VmaTin»w, Sbri Kishore Bhaduri, Shri Anoop f Mazum.dar, Smt Fouzia MUZEI, Shri Ajay Shrwastava, Shri H. S. AhIuwaUa, Shri Rahul BirUieiy, SIiri Ashok Soni, Shri Sunfl CMwani, Shri Ashok Patffl and Shri Abhijit Saikar, teEimed coiinscls appcaring for IIie petitioiiera woiild aubmit fhat the petitionera were appointed as gangmen as workchai'ged emptoyees as defined undcr Rute 2(h) of fhe Chhattisgarh Public Woriss Department Workchargcd and Contmgency Paid Emptoyees Rccruitment and Coiulitions of Scrvfce Rutea, 1976 (for short the Rules,19761 and fhc petitioncra ha»e attamed fhe status ofthe permanent employee under Rulc 2(Q of fhe Rutes 1979 after havmg coaipleted 15 years of scnricc. It was furfltcr contended fhat thc same isaue as to whefher Gaxigmcn ahaB be gcwemed by the same poUcy for superannuatkm, as appUcable to clause FV govenuaent cmployces, came up for consideration before a FuU. Bench offhe High Coiut af Madhya Pradesh, Bench at GwaUor in Vishnu & ofhers Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & ofhers 2006 (1) MJP.H.T. 374 PTB). The teamcd PuU Bench, having consklcred aU the aspccts came to fhe conclus»nthat fhe semcc of tbe Gangmen arc govenied by the rutes applicabte to thc woikchaiged aad ccnatingency employees, even though the Gaa^men are not inchided in fhe Scheduk of the Riiles, 1976 and fhe ay£ of supciannuatk>n is 62 •^l years as ofherClass IV employees offhe State Gkwcnuneiit, becauae fhey are in comparable categoiy. 4. Leamed counsds appeamq; for fhc petttmncrs furfher contended tfaat thc Act 1967, fhe Rutes 1976, the Rufes 1977 and the Rutes 1979 were adapted by fhe State of ChliattisgaA after creatwn of the State of Chhattisgarii on 1.11.2000 fom fhfi existn^ State of Madliya Pradesh pursuant to the pioviskms of fhc M.P. Reotsaiuzation Act, 2000. Thus, fhe decision rendered by the FuB Gench of fhe Wgb Court of Madhya Pradesh at Gwalkn- wouU be appUcable to ttae facts offhe present cascs also. 5. Shri V. V. S. Murfhy, lcamed Depuly Advocate General with Smt Anju Ahuja, learaed Depuly Govenunent Advocate, per contra contEDded that the peraaanent Gan^nen euc deficned in Chliattisgarh Public Woilcs Department Maniial, in Cbaptev- W at 4.003. Thus, thc definitfon ofthe pennancht employee undcr Rutes, 1979 would not be applicabfe in case of pennaiient Gangmen. Lcaraed counael relfed on a ciroular dated 20.7.1989 issued by thc fhcn State of Madhya Pradesh wherein it was stated fhat fhe Gan^ncn woikmg in PiibBc Works Departinent woiild be discharged fi'om. thc work oa attaaring the aye ot60 years. 6. Subsequenffy, by cncular dated 20.1.2000 iastied by the fhea State of Madhya Pradesh (he retirement age ofclass III and clasa rv emptoyecs were increased to 62 yeara and F.R. 56 was accordingly axncnded. This was made further clear in the circular fhat the age of retiremcnt ofclass III and class IV emptoyees as 62 ycara would be appVcsbVs to fhe workchargcd and contmgency paid employees alao. 7. I .have heard leamed counael for the partics and perused the pteadmgs and documents appended fhereto. _-— 8. Rule 2 (b) & ( h) offhe Rutes 1976 and Rute 2 (sQ & (b) offlic Rutes, 1979 defiae feontingency paid emptoyee' and SworicchaBged emptoyee', snnilady, as undcr:- Rnle 2.(b| aad 2.(h( ofthc Rnlea, 1976:- *2.(b) 'Contmgency-paid Employec' mcans a peraon employed for fuU time in an office or establishment and who is paid on monfhly basis and whose psy is daatyed to "office Contingcncies', eailuding fhc cmpkyees who are emptoyed for ccrtain pcriods onty in fhe yea/' *2.(h) Workcharged Emptoyee' means a peraon employed upon fhe actaal execution, as distinct fiom general supervision ofa spccified woik or upon subonlmate superviswn of deparbnental labour, store, running aiid repairs ofdectrical eqiupmcnt and inacIuDery in connection wifh. such work, exchiding the daily-paid labour and muster roU employed on (he woik." Rnte 2.M and 2.(b) oftlie Rute, 1979:- *2. Defltrfttona. - In (hese ruks, untess fhe cantext otliciwise requncs,— (a) *Contin^xicy paid cmployee' meaDs a peraon emptoyed for fuU time ia an oflBcc or cstablishment and who a paid on monfhty 'basia and whose pay is chaigcd to otBcc contingencies excludif^ fhe emptoyees who are employed for ccrtam period onfy in ayeair, (b) 'Work-cbai'ged emptoyee* mcans a pcraon emptoyed upon fhe actual execution, as distmct flnm. geneial supnvisKai ofa spccifiisd wcak or upon suboidinate supcrvision of the dcpartinental labour, stoic, running and repairs of etectncal equipmcnt aml machineiy in coiinection with auch work, excluding fhe daity paud labour and niustcr-roU empkyee emptoyed on the worit.* 9. Rule 2(c) of the Rutes 1979 definca fhe woid 'Ptamanent Emplpyee' whfch reads as under- *2(c). 'Permaaent employee' mcans a cxmtmffSKy paid employee or a work-chaiged emptoyce who bas compteted fiftecn yeara of servtce or more on or after fhe lrt January, 1974.* ^ { Provided fhat i& respect of a continyncy paid empk^ee or a worirchaiged empkqree who has attained fhe age of superannuatfon on or after fhe Firat April 1981, permanent emptoyec means an emptoyee who has compteted 10 years of servfce on or after the l"t January, 1974.} 10. Rute 8 of thc Rules 1976 provides fhat in tfae matter of age, physteal fitaess ofnew ent'ants and agc ofsupiannuattou, aa are appUcabte to fhe govemment servants of fhe comparable categories m the rcgultu- cmployees are appUcabte to fhe ncw cntrants into the scmce. 11. Tfac Act, 1967 prcnrides for amendinent of Pundamental Rutes. Amendment in P.R. 56 reads as under:- *2. Amcndment of Pnndamental Rntea. Por Rute 56 of ttie Fundamental Rufcs applicable to fhe Statc of CUhatdsgarh as substituteri by Sectton 3 of fhe Chhatds^rh Shaslaya Sevak Aiuvaiya Scva Nivntti Ka Vidhi Manyatnknmn Adhinyain, 1967 ( 5 of 1967) (hcreinafker referred to as the said Ac^ thc foBowmg Rule shaH be substitutcd, namety :- { 56. Age of supcrannTiation.-(l) Subjcct to the provisfona of aub-nite (2) {every Govenunent Servant other fhan a Goivenunent Teacher and a Class fV Govemment Seivant } shaU retire fiom semce on the aftemoon of the last day of fhe moafh in which he attains ttie age of sfariy yeara: Piovided fhat a Gaiverament SeTvaat whose date of birth is fhe first of a monfh shaH retire fiom servfce on the aftemoon of fhe last day of fhe precedmg monfh on attauiing fhe age of sfacty yeara. { (l-sQ Subject to fhe proviaioiis of sub-rulc (2), every Goverament Teacher shaU retn-e finm semce on thc aftcmoon of fhe last day of the nuonfh in which he attains fhe age of sixty two yeara; Pnwjded that a Govemmcnt tcacher whoae date ofbirth is fhe fiist of a moufh shaU retire fir>m. semce on fhe afkemoon of fhe last day of fhc preceding monfh on attainmg the age of sbcty two years, Bxplanadon. -For the purpose ofttiis sub-rule Teachei* means a Govemment scrvant by whatevcr designation caBed, appointed for fhe purpose of teachmg in Gtwerament ediicational InstitutK>n ^' < 12. 10 including techmcal or mecUcal educational institutmns, in accordance wifh fhe recnutment nries appHcabte to such appointnnent and shaB also inchule fhe teacherwho is appointed to an administratwe post by pToinotion or ofherwisc and who has becn eiigaged in teachin^ for not less than twenly ycara pravided he holds a Uen on a post in fhe concemed School/CoDegiate/Techufcal/Medical cducation sennce.} { (1-b) Subject to fhc piovfaions of sub-rute (^, eveiy Class IV Govcnunent Servant shafl retire from sennce on Uie aftemoon of fhe last day of fhe month in whfch he attains (he age of sixty two ycars; Piovided that a Class IV Govenuaent Servant whoae date of birfh is the first <rf a inonfh shaU retire fronn service on the aftemoon of the last day of the precedmg month on attammg fhe age of siscty two yeara.} (2) {(a) A Govenunent servant inay, in fhe pubUc interest, be retired at aay time afker he has compteted 20 years quaHjtying servfce, or he attanas the age of fiBy yeais whichcver is cariier, without assigtung any reason by gjving him a notice in writing. (b) the period of such. notice shall be three monfhs: Provided fhat such Govenunent servant Taay be retired forfhwith and on such retirenient fhe Govemment Servaat shaH bc entttted to claim. a suin cquivalent to fhe amount of his pay plus a aBowances for fhe period of notioe at fhe same rates at whfch he waa drawing them miniediately before his retirement or, as fhe casc may be, fer fhe period by whfch such notfce &Ds short of fhree raonfhs}.* The petitnners, working as gai^men, are worfccharged employecs, as fhe petitioners were cinploycd upon fhe execution of woik of the PubMc Works Department. The daOy paid labours and mzister roU emptoyees on fhe work are cxcludcd fiom the defimtion of the workchaiged emptoyees aa prescribed in Rute 2 (h) ofthe Rufca 1976. The pennanent employecs are contiagpncy paid emptoyees or woifcchai^ed employee who have comptetcd 15 years of senrice or more on or after 1. 1.1974. Casual labour gangs axid pcrmanent gangs 11 are provided in PubUc Works Dcpartment Manual (for short fhe P.W.D. Manual'). Para 4.003 ofthe said P.W.D. manual prowides for regfatration and payinent ofdaity casual labour regular laboitr gaags, as under:- "4.003. (A) Caaual Labour Gangs.—Whenwoik is to be done by dafly casual tebptur gangs, the subordinate mcharge shan prepare a muster roU, whfch wifl show fhe naines of thc work-peopte, fheir attendance, fhe work done and the amDunt payabte on this acoount Monthly muster roDs if aecesaaiy, nuy bc ctosed after seven days or as comrenient (B) Permanent Ganga.—(a)Attendaacc ofpermanent gangs sfaaU bc entered in an attendHncc regisfer. Attendanoc wiB be recoxded by Tume Keeper daUy in fhe monuhng. At headquartera, fhe attendance wiB be checked by Sub-Eiigineer at teast twxse a weete outs&le headquartera. A cross mark (x) nrast be placcd agamat each absent peraon so fhat no blank space is teft. (b) Acquamtance roU wiU be based on fhe numbcr of days a labourer has actuaBy wortad plus authorised hoUdays and teaves. (c) A repster ofwork progress wiB be mnmtainprl in. which foUowmg iiiformation wiB be recorded in five columns:- {^ Instructmns forwoik to be done. (ii) Coiapliance ofmstructions. (ui) Quantities ofmeasurabte woric/detaffls of meastu-abte woric. (w) Details of materials conaumed. (v) Wages payabfe. (d) The Sub-Engmeer wffl revicw thc regster of work propcss twice a week at headquarter and at least once a weck m caae of out station works. The Sub-Bngineer/S.D.O. wfll ensurc alequate piogress. (e) Any recruitment to regular ^ngs wffl be doiie onfy with the penmssion ofS.B. Labourers more fhaa 58 years ofage shaB. not be cmployed/contmued in regular gangs.* 13. 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M'uf'f, ffvt^, oireip^. 'cft^T, l-MlctTil, TWR <ll'tt<;'1, '^q^T, '6^;T/'iTte4?(, ^R ^i^, ^iR, 'SqyfS, ^SR. <^<!<1*1'1, ^'uft'lA'l, t'R^. (i65R ~^\, •bl^wil^ (•aidRlRld ), ^R^. ^tciA<t>< AH •ii^'ii''<, qi^ ai^'ri ^l^?, 3ip((, i<>'ng'(ic;'</+"^h;^tt, '(>lcf*)'l, ^te? •Hl^'t>d ^PW;. '(•ri^A'l, 'SP^, SI^( W, fe^d. 5te-1[teR?/^:s. ^a ai^'1;;. ^ea <H^< ^t 31^'<......^<?'<lR 15. Thcreafter, in ftie Madhya Pradesh Woricchai^pd and Contu^acy Paid Eaiptoyees RevisiDn of Pay Rules, 1977, '&am.ed luider fhe proviso to Articte 309 of the Constitution of India, fhe post of gmpnen was shown at serial No. (xxvii) in Annexure -I, (under Rule 3), under fhe cotoumn *name of the post held by a wortaduugpd or contmgency paid emptoyee*. The definitiDn of the *oontmgcncy paid einptoyee" and "workchar^d em.ployce'' are fhe same under ttie provisioas offhc Rutes, 1976 and that offhe Rutes, 1979. In Rutes, 1979, fhe 'permanent emptoyee' was dcfixicd in Rule 2 (c) as a workcbargpd emptoyee who has compteted 15 yeara of senrice on or after 1.1.1974. Reading thc circulais dated 14.6.1974 and 29.9.1975, Rule 2(h) ofthe Rutes, 1976, Rufc 8 offhe Rulcs, 1976 AunexuFe-I to Rutes 1977 and fhe defiiution eiishrined in Rule 2(b) and in Rufc 2(c) ie. 'permanent emptoyees' under Rules, 1979 tc^effaer, it ctearly foHows fhat the pennanent gangmen are govemed by the same poMcy for superannuation, as is aiyUcable to the Class IV gowenunent emptoyees. It is iiot in dispute fhat the amendmcnt to F.R. 56 undcr fhe Act, 1967, as axnended by the Madhya Pradesh ShasMya Sevak (AcUuvarshiki-Ayu) Ssmshodhan Adlumyam, 1999 ( M.P. Act No. 13 of 1<i99), puhlishcrl m the Gnzette (RxtraonlinBry) on 29& April, 1999, • ^'•''.3awsfiatc,sft?S!sVi,. '^•^f^^i^.-fiSssitcasK^a, ^^^^S^s^^^^^^i^^S^sSSXM^Ss^^&Ss^ 14 1. prcwides for age of retirement to fhe Class IV gpvemment screants on attaitung the age of62 yeara. 16. It is weU settted principtea of constructfon of a statute that cognate and pari inateria legslation shouM be read togefher as fonning onc system and as interpretmg and enforcmg each ofher. (Sec J. K. Steel Ltd. v. Unlon of Indla1). In Bowd of Tnutees of the Pmrt of Bombay & other* V». tetyane»h Knttten2, it was hdd fliat it is permissible to read fhe provisions oftwo Acts togetherwhcn fhe same are compfcmentaiy to each othcr. In tfais connectton it wiU be useful to refer the foltowing observation of fhe Court of Appeal in OBver Adiwnrth fftaiWa^} Ltd v BaUard p(ent| Ud3;- *Where an enactment granted a statutoiy right but faUed to definc its lunits, the court had to dctermiae the scope of fhat right by refeience to fhe purpose for whk:h it was granted. That piupose was to be discemed by wewmg the statute as a whote and, where fhat statute fonned part of a statutory code mtended to achieve a distmct puipose, by also having regard to the ofher statute in the code.* 17. Thc Supremc Court ia Ahmeddtod Pvt. Prtmary Teacliw' Aani. Va. Admtalatratlve Officer & othen4 m para 12 hs^ hcld as under:- *'12..............0nfhedoctnne of*parimateria*, reference to other statutes dcalii^ with (he same subject or fonning part offhe same systein is a pennissibte aid to the constructfon of provisions in a statute. See thc foUowing observatuas (»ntained in. Principles of Statatnry Interpnitation hy G.P.Smgh (8t:h F-dn.), Syn. 4, at. pp. 235 to 239: *Statutes in pari materia It has ahcady been aeen fhat a statute must be read as a whote as words are to be nnderatood in their context. Extension of fhis rule of context permits reference to other statutes in pari materia ie. statutes dealu^ wlth the same subject-matter or forming part of fhe same ^stem. Viscount Sunonds in a passagc ah-eady noticcd conceived it to bc a right aad duty to construe 18. 19. 20. 15 eveiy word ofa statute in its context and he uscd thc word context in its widest sense inchidmg 'otiusr statutes in pari materia'. As stated by Lord Mansficld 'where fhere are dififerent statutcs in pari materia (hough made at difFerent tunes, or even cxpircd, and not referring to each other, ttuy shaB be taken and construcd togefher, as one system and as explanatoiy ofeach ofher'. * * * The application of this rute of construction has fhe merit of avoidnig any apparent contradk-tton bctween a series of statutes dealing with the same subjcct; it altowa the use of an eariier statute to ttuuw light on fhe meaiui^ of a phrase used in a later statute m. the same context; it permits the raiamg of a presumption, in the absence of any context mdfcating a contnuy mtention, that fhe same meaniag attaches to the samc woids in a later statute as in an earlier stetute if ttie words are used in. smular connection m fhe two statutes; aad it enabtes the use of a later stetute as pariiamentaiy exposition of the meaning of ambiguous expressions in an eariier statute." For the reasons stated aboive, I am in icspectful agreenaent wifh fhc decisfon of a FuU Beach of fhe High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Gwalior in tfae case ofVtehna tt othew (suprsO. The above stated Rules fisamed cariier by fhe State of Madhya Pcadesh have been adapted by fhe State of CUiattisgaA on creation of the State of Chhattisgarh w.e.f. 1. 11.2000. In the resuU, fhe petitioners, who are pcrmanent gaagmen, aic entifled to retire on attaining fh.e age of 62 years in accordance wifh fhe Act, 1967. The pctitions are accordingty aBowed. No order as to costs. Sd/- SatishK.Agnihotri ; Judge Thakur AIR 1970SC 11731 2. (l999)7SCC3592 3. (1990) 2AU.ER 7913 4. (2004) 1 SCC 755'1