Civil Writ Petition No.7845 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7845 of 2009 Decided on : 20-08-2009 Shingara Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS Registrar Cooperative Societies, Punjab, Chandigarh & others ....Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sarjit Singh, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate, for respondent Nos.2 and 3. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (ORAL) The petitioner has filed the instant petition for quashing letter dated 10.2.2009 (Annexure P-1) pursuant to Resolution dated 04.12.2008 (Annexure P-1), whereby the Punjab State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. (herein respondent No.2) as approved by respondent No.1- the Registrar Cooperative Societies, Punjab, which has been addressed to all the General Managers of the Cooperative Sugar Mills in State of Punjab reducing the age of already serving employees of Cooperative Sugar Mills from 60 years to 58 years. Further, for quashing impugned order of his retirement dated 30.4.2009 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.3 while reducing retirement age from 60 years to 58 years. Admittedly, the petitioner has retired from Batala Civil Writ Petition No.7845 of 2009 -2- Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd., Batala, Distt. Gurdaspur, on 12.5.2009 It is the case of the petitioner that he should not have been retired before the age of 60 years. With the consent of the parties, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider and decide the representation dated 7.5.2009 (Annexure P-7) filed by the petitioner preferably within a period of one month. If on consideration of the said representation, respondent No.3 makes the recommendation for reinstatement of the petitioner, respondent No.2 is further directed to consider the same within two weeks in accordance with law. 20th August, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) Monika JUDGE