THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17423 OF 2001 DATED 25TH NOVEMBER, 2010 BETWEEN: G.A.Sukumar … Petitioner A n d Sri Hanuman C-op. Sugars Limited, Januman Junction, Krishna District, Rep. by its Managing Director. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17423 OF 2001 O R D E R The petitioner, a Sales and Purchase Manager in the service of Sri Hanuman Co-operative Sugars Limited, Hanuman Junction, Krishna District-sole respondent, filed the present writ petition seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in seeking to retire him from service at the age of 58 years was illegal, and a consequential direction to continue him in service upto the age of 60 years with all consequential benefits. The claim of the petitioner was that as per the settlement dated 19.03.1990 entered into between the respondent and its workmen under Section 18(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, he was entitled to be continued in service upto the age of 60 years. This Court, by order dated 21.08.2001, directed the respondent to continue the petitioner in service upto 60 years. Relevant to note, the petitioner was aged 57 years at the time of institution of the writ petition and would have retired from service upon attaining the age of 60 years in the year 2004. In spite of service of notice in this writ petition, the respondent did not choose to put in an appearance before this Court. In that view of the matter, as the petitioner continued in service upto the age of 60 years pursuant to the order of this Court, he would be entitled to all the consequential benefits that flow from such service. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the above observation. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 25th NOVEMBER, 2010 PGS ( ) THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17423 OF 2001 25TH NOVEMBER, 2010