C.W.P. No. 5849 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 5849 of 2009 Decided on : 04-05-2009 Joginder Singh and another ....Petitioners VERSUS Registrar Cooperative Societies, Punjab and others. ....Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Sarjit Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate for the respondent Nos.2 &3. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (Oral). The petitioners are working in the Fazilka Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd., Fazilka, Distt. Ferozepur. They are aggrieved against the Resolution dated 10.2.2009 (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. In similar cases, learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 & 3 on the basis of the instructions from Shri Vijay Singh, Commerical Officer of C.W.P. No. 5849 of 2009 -2- respondent No.2, made the statement that the petitioners, who are still in service, shall be permitted to continue in service up to 60 years of age provided they undertake not to claim any financial benefit under common cadre of Federation or any other Statutory Rule/Instructions. Learned counsel for the respondent Nos.2 & 3, on the basis of instructions from the Commercial Officer of respondent No.2, made the similar offer to the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners on instructions from the petitioners, has accepted the proposal made by the counsel for respondent Nos.2 & 3. He further states that if any financial benefit has been availed by the petitioners, the same shall be refunded to the respondents. Let the necessary undertaking required by the respondents be filed within a period of two weeks. On filing such undertakings, the respective Sugar Mills shall continue with the petitioners up to the age of 60 years without financial benefit as proposed. Counsel for the respondent Nos.2 & 3 further states that any person situated similarly, if he wants to continue in service up to the age of 60 years on the aforesaid undertaking, can approach to the respective Sugar Mills. Disposed of as such. 4th May, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) Monika JUDGE