1 pil75-10 vai IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.75 OF 2010 R.R. Tripathi ....Petitioner V/s. Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.R.R. Tripathi, the Petitioner in person. Mr.A.M. Sethna with Mr.N.R. Prajapati for Respondent No.1. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. AND S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. THURSDAY, 6TH JANUARY 2011 P.C. :- 1. This petition purporting to be a PIL challenges the third proviso to Rule 16(1) of All India Service (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rule, 1958. Rule 16 provides for the age of retirement of superannuation being 60 years. The second proviso empowers the Government to grant extension upto three months in the public interest to a member of All India Service dealing with budget work or working in budget committee which is to wind up its work in short period. By the third proviso inserted on 30.11.2005, the Central Government has also been conferred with the power to grant extension of service for a period not exceeding six months in case of a member of the service holding the post of Chief Secretary to the State Government on the recommendations made by the Central Government with full 2 pil75-10 justification and in public interest with prior approval of the Central Government. 2. In this petition, the petitioner, who is a practicing lawyer, makes a grievance against the alleged discrimination by conferring power of extension to a Chief Secretary for a period of six months, while the limit for such extension in case of other officers is only for a period of three months. 3. We are of the opinion that no case of injury to public interest is made out. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.