IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 4TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 13TH KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 31919 of 2008(Y) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): --------------- TOM JOSEPH ASST.PROFESSOR, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE,THUMBA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.JOHNSON GOMEZ RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------- 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SECRETARIATE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, KERALA UTY. FOR R1 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.31919 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 4th day of November, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Lecturer in an aided College affiliated to the University of Kerala. He has filed this writ petition seeking parity in the matter of age of superannuation of the Teachers of the University and the Teachers of the Private Aided Colleges in Kerala. According to the petitioner, as per Ext.P2 UGC report, the age of superannuation of College and University Teachers throughout India is to be 65 years. According to the petitioner, the fixation of 55 as age of superannuation for the Teachers of Colleges while the age of superannuation of the University Teachers amounts to discrimination. I am not inclined to accept the contentions of the petitioner in so far as identical question had been considered by the Division Bench of this Court earlier, in a batch of writ petitions, namely W.A.No.1651/2000 and connected cases holding that it is W.P.(c)No.31919/08 2 for the Government to fix the retirement age of teachers. The same view have been affirmed in subsequent Division Bench also. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition and accordingly the same is dismissed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd W.P.(c)No.31919/08 3