CWP(T) No 3434/2008 (OA 1181/96) 10.3.2009 Present: Mr. Raman Sethi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. AG with Mr. Vivek Thakur, Addl. AG and Mr. Anil Jaswal Dy. AG for the respondents. CWP(T) No 3434/2008 (OA 1181/96) The petitioners were originally appointed as peon, forest guard and mali. Over a period of time they were promoted as Class-III employees. The State of H.P. has fixed the age of retirement of Class-III employees to be 58 years and that of Class-IV employees to be 60 years. In the present case the petitioners are seeking enforcement of the conditions of service of Class-IV employees with that of Class-III employees vis-à-vis the age of retirement. The petitioners retired over a different period of time between 1983 to 1991. The fixation of date of retirement and also the conditions of service is the sole prerogative of the State Government. [K. Nagaraj and others v. State of Andhra Pradesh and another (1985) 1 SCC 523; Sureshchandra Singh and others v. Fertilizer Corpn. Of India Ltd. and others (2004) 1 SCC 592; B. Bharat Kumar and others v. Osmania University and others (2007) 11 SCC 58 ] Class-III and Class-IV employees being different categories, the petitioners who retired as Class-III employees cannot claim parity with that of Class-IV employees. -2- The present petition being devoid of merits, as the petitioners have no legally enforceable right is dismissed. (Sanjay Karol), Judge. March 10, 2009 (PK)