CWP No. 2331 of 2009. 08.07.2009 Present: Mr. R.R. Rahi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.K. Verma and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Deputy Advocate Generals, for the respondents. CMP No.4646 of 2009. Allowed. CWP No. 2331 of 2009. The petitioner was appointed as Sweeper on part time basis. His services were regularized vide order dated 19th October, 2005. The case of the petitioner is that he should have been retired at the age of 60 years and not 58 years. Mr. J.K. Verma, learned Deputy Advocate General, has drawn the attention of this Court to the notification dated 10th May, 2001 whereby the following amendment was carried out in FR 56, which reads thus:- “(a) After clause (b) the following provision shall be inserted namely:- ‘Provided that a workman appointed on and after the date of publication of this notification in the Rajapatra Himachal Pradesh shall retire from service on the after noon of the last day of the month in which he attains the age of 58 years’. (b) After provision to clause (e) the following second provision shall be inserted namely:- -2- ‘Provided further that a Class-IV Government servant appointed on or after the date of publication of this notification in Rajpatra Himachal Pradesh, shall retire from service on the after noon of the last date of the month in which he attains the age of 58’”. A bare perusal of the aforesaid notification dated 10th May, 2001 reveals that a workman appointed on and after the date of publication of the notification dated 10th May, 2001 in his case the age of retirement shall be 58 years and not 60 years. Since the petitioner has admittedly been appointed/regularized on 19th October, 2005, his case is covered under notification dated 10th May, 2001. There is no arbitrariness or illegality in issuing the impugned order by the State Government whereby the petitioner stands retired at the age of 58 years. Accordingly, there is no merit in the writ petition, the same is dismissed. CMP No. 4645 of 2009. In view of the dismissal of the writ petition, this application is also dismissed. (Jagdish Bhalla), C.J. July 08, 2009. (Rajiv Sharma), J. (rc)