SgSiiieii PETITIONER RESPONDENTS HIGH COURT W CHHATriSGARH: BILASPUR WRIT PETITroN (Sl N0.438S OF 2008 Johat, S/o Jartiu, aged about 60 years, OccupaUon permanent Gangmen in the Deparbnent <rf Water Resouroes, Sub Dhrision Raflm, R/o village Basin, Tharei & Tehsil Rqim, District Raipur (CG). Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Ihe ^cretaiy, Water Resouroes D^partment, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur, C.G. 2. Sub Divisional CTTicer, Water Resouroes Department, Sub Division Rajim, Disb'tet Raipur, CG. OfVrit peUtion under Artfcte 226 ofthe Consdtution of IndisO Stngle Bench: Hon'bfe Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, .1. Present Shri Satyendra Sahu, cotmsel for the pefitioner. Shri P.K. Bhaduri, Panet Lawyer for the State. ORALMtDER (Passed <wi this 11nIdayofAugust, 2008) With the consent of leamed counsel appearing for the parties, the petition is heard finalty. 2) Leamed counsd appearing for the pefifioner submWs ttat ftte p^tioner was appointed as permanent Gang man. The petitioner is accordingly ertitled to the benefrts flowing from the judgment and order passed in the case of Govlnd & Others vs. State of C.G. & Crthers1, wherdn, this Cowt, dealing wKh simitarty situated gang men, heht that the permanent gang men are entitled to be retired on attaining the age of 62 years, in accontance wBh the provisions of the ChhatBsgarh Shasldya Sevak (Adhivarshitd-Ayu) Adhiniyam, 1967 (for short "the Act, 1967). 3) Leamed counsel appearing for the State submits that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment and order passed by this Court in the csse oifGovind (supra). 4) Accordingly, the wrtt petition fe an<wed m the aame temre i.e. the peBtioner, who is pennanent Gang man, is entitled to refire on attaining the age of 62 years in accordance with the provisions of the Ad, 1967, subject to verification ofthe facts. No order as to costs. 5) Consequendy, I.A.No.1 for interim rdief stands disposed of. 1 2007 C2) CGU 29 Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge ^?.