- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5040/1998 1] Maharashtra Rajya Bazar Samitis, Karmachari Sangh, Plot No.35, Badguzar, Dhule, through its Advisor, Ramrao Dhondiba Borude, age 54 yrs., occu.service, r/o Newasa Tq.Newasa Dist.Ahmednagar. 2] Bhagwanrao Narayanrao Kakade, age 58 yrs., occu.nil r/o Jalna Dist.Jalna. ...Petitioners.. Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary (Marketing), Cooperation & Textile Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya Annexe, Mumbai-32. 2] The Director of Marketing, Maharashtra State, Central Building, Station Road, Pune-1. 3] The Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Jalna. Through its Chairman. ...Respondents... ..... - 2 - Shri N.K. Kakade, Advocate for petitioners. Shri V.D. Rakh, AGP for respondent nos.1 & 2. Shri Jayant Chitnis, Advocate for respondent no.3 (absent). ..... CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE: 02.08.2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Gavai, J.): 1] Heard counsel for the parties. 2] The petitioners are challenging the circular issued by the State Government thereby making applicable the benefit of extended age of retirement to the employees of Agricultural Produce Market Committee with effect from 1.10.1998. 3] It is the contention of the petitioners that the State Government has made applicable the said benefit to the employees of the other departments with effect from 31.5.1998, whereas without any rational basis, it has been made applicable to the employees of the A.P.M.C. from 1.10.1998. It is submitted that due to the said cut off date, many employees of the A.P.M.C. had to suffer for no fault of theirs. - 3 - 4] The employees of the State Government and the employees of the A.P.M.C. form a separate class. For employees forming part of separate class, a separate cut off date is permissible. In that view of the matter, no merit is found in the petition. The same is dismissed. Rule is discharged. No order as to costs. (S.V. Gangapurwala, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) ndk/c28101