IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1532 of 2009 Date of Decision : March 17, 2011. Thaker Singh .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Electricity Board .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Alka Chatrath, Advocate, for the respondent. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was a Librarian in the Punjab State Electricity Board. When he was nearing retirement on attaining the age of superannuation, i.e., 58 years, w.e.f. 31.1.2009, he filed the present writ petition seeking a mandamus to allow him to continue in service till the age of 60 years. The aforesaid relief is sought on the premise that the Librarians working in the Colleges/Universities/Educational Institutions are allowed to serve till the age of 60 years. The respondent has filed its reply-affidavit explaining that the services of the Librarians working in the Punjab State Electricity Board are governed by the Punjab State Electricity Board Service Regulations, 1972 read with the Punjab Civil Services Rules, which are statutory in nature. C.W.P.No .1532 of 2009 2 Clause 3.23 of the Services Regulations provides that “the Board employees shall retire on the date on which one attains the age of 58 years”. That being so and following the reasons assigned by a Division Bench of this Court in the judgment dated 4.3.2010 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.9665 of 2010 (Prof.S.S.Bindra and others versus the State of Punjab and others), I do not find any ground to allow the petitioner to continue in service till attaining the age of 60 years. Dismissed. March 17, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE