IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 8412 of 2011 Decided on: 23rd September, 2011. Meena Kumari. Vs. State of H.P. & others. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Dhiman, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. R.K. Bawa, AG with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. AG., for the respondents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks continuance after the age of 60 years. The petitioner admittedly was engaged as part time water carrier only in the year 1997 in Government Primary School, Dan Balh, District Mandi, H.P. She was regularized as Peon on 10.11.2006. The continuance up to the age of 60 years is available only to those who were appointed on regular basis prior to 10.5.2001, as per the amendment. The petitioner submits that there is an unreasonable classification between the two sets of employees in the same department, who were appointed prior to 2001 and after 10.5.2001. It is now well settled principles of service jurisprudence that it is for the Government to fix the cut-off date and only in case there is any illegality in fixing the cut-off date or discriminatory stand in fixing the date, the Court will be in a position to look into such cases. There is no such situation in this case. 10.5.2001 has been fixed cut-off date uniformly in all the departments. 2 Therefore, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 23rd September, 2011. (Justice V.K. Ahuja), (kck) Judge.