IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.783 of 2011 Date of decision: 02.06.2011 Indian Council for Child Welfare (U.T. Branch), Employees Union …..Petitioner versus Indian Council for Child Welfare , Chandigarh and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.Dinesh Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Sanjay Kaushal, Standing Counsel for UT Chandigarh Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition, the petitioner has laid challenge to that part of Rule 14 of the Conditions of Services Rules of the Employees of Indian Council of Child Welfare UT Branch, Chandigarh, 2006 (in short, the Rules), which deals with the retirement of the employees. The relevant portion of that rule reads thus:- “Retirement The normal age of Superannuation of paid employees of the Council shall be 58 (fifty eight) years with powers of the Competent Authority to extend it for a year at a time, but not more than 2 years. An employee shall be compulsorily retired at the age of 55 years in case his or her service record is found unsatisfactory. Otherwise, an employee will superannuate at the age of 58 years with a yearly extension wherever the President or the Executive Committee so decides.” Civil Writ Petition No.783 of 2011 In this writ petition, it is contention of the petitioner that unguided powers have been given to the competent authority to increase the age of retirement beyond the 58 years. Mr.Kaushal has filed in Court a short reply by way of an affidavit of Mrs.Varsha Khangwal, HCS, Director Social Welfare, UT Chandigarh-cum-Honorary Secretary, Indian Council for Child Welfare, UT Branch, Chandigarh, wherein it is stated that the above said power given to the competent authority has been deleted from the Rules. In view of above, this writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 02.06.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2