IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 6519 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: APRIL 30, 2009 Raj Bans Bharti .....PETITIONER Versus Union Territory, Chandigarh and another ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL --- Present: Mr.Pritam Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. The petitioner, who is working as Junior Salesman with the respondent-Corporation, has filed the instant petition for quashing the order dated 14.1.2009 passed by the Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation Limited to the effect that the petitioner, who is working as Junior Salesman, HMV, will retire from the services of the Corporation on 30.4.2009 on attaining the age of 58 years. It is the case of the petitioner that in consonance with the conditions of Union Territory Chandigarh Employees Rules 1992 and the Punjab Civil Services Rules, where the age of retirement of Class-IV employees is 60 years, the age of retirement of the employees of CITCO should also be 60 years. Undisputedly, Rule 9.1 of CIGDC Employees Service Rules clearly provide the retirement age of the employees of the Corporation as 58 years except as otherwise decided by the appointing C.W.P. No. 6519 of 2009 -2- authority in case of other employees and by the Board of Directors in the case of officers. In view of the said specific rule, the employees of CITCO cannot be retained in service beyond 58 years, which is the age of superannuation. Concededly, till date the appointing authority has not extended the period of retirement of the petitioner. The Rules relating to the case of retirement of employees of different departments have no bearing on the age of retirement in CITCO, particularly when the Service Rules in CITCO clearly provide the age of retirement of its employees as 58 years. In view of this, the respondents cannot be directed to retain the petitioner in service up to 60 years. In view of the aforesaid, there is no merit in the petition and the same is hereby dismissed. April 30, 2009 (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) vkg JUDGE