IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5955 of 2010 1. ROHINI RAMAN JHA S/O LATE MAGNU JHA R/O MOH AASHIYANA NAGAR, P.S.SHASTRI NAGAR, DISTT-PATNA, EMPLOYEE OF BIHAR STATE HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION LIMITED, LALIT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 2. KUMAL KANT JHA S/O LATE CHANDESHWAR JHA R/O VILL , P.O.& P.S.GHOGHARDIHA,DISTT-MADHUBANI, EMPLOYEE OF BIHAR STATE HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION LIMITED, LALIT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 3. MADAN MOHAN JHA S/O LATE RAM UMA KANT JHA R/O VILL & P.O.SIVIPATTI, P.S.RAJNAGAR, DISTT-MADHUBANI, EMPLOYEE OF BIHAR STATE HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION LIMITED, LALIT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 4. GANGADHAR MISHRA S/O LATE BALBHADRA MISHRA R/O VILL & P.O.ASHI, P.S.GORABORAM, DISTT-DARBHANGA, EMPLOYEE OF BIHAR STATE HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION LIMITED, LALIT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY, CO- OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, NEW SECRETARIAT, PATNA 2. THE REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE BIHAR STATE HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION LIMITED LALIT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA THROUGH ITS ADMINISTRATIVE -CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR ----------- For the Petitioners :Mr. Madan Prasad Jha, Advocate For the State :Mr. Ranjan Kumar, A.C. to AAG-9 For the Housing Federation :Mr. Purushottam Jha, Advocate 02/ 12.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, the State of Bihar and the Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Federation). 2. Petitioners are the employees of the Federation. They have filed the writ application for a direction to the Federation to comply with the resolution of the Board of Directors, whereunder the age of superannuation of the employees of the Federation has been enhanced from 58 years to 60 years, but benefit of such 2 resolution is not being allowed to the petitioners and other employees of the Federation as Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna and the State Government have not granted its approval to the resolution of the Federation for extension of the retirement age. In this connection, reference is made to the letter, bearing Memo No. 457 dated 19.12.2007 of the Managing Director of the Federation, Annexure-3, whereunder Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna was requested to obtain approval of the State Government on the resolution of the Federation to extend the retirement age, but the matter is kept pending at the level of the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna and the State Government. In order to expedite the matter, petitioners have filed Misc. Case No. 84 of 2008 before Respondent no.2, but no final order has been passed in the said case, although the same has remained pending for more than one year. 3. Let the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Respondent no.2 consider the request of the Managing Director of the Federation dated 19.12.2007, Annexure-3 as also ensure disposal of Misc. Case referred to in paragraph 17 of the writ application, as early as possible, in any case within two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order before the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna. 4. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)