IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4066 of 2006 GANESH LAL SHARMA Versus THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ORS ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Kali Das Chatterji For the B.S.E.B. : Mr. Subhash Kishore Verma ------ 03. 05.08.2008 Petitioner has been superannuated from service with effect from 16.4.2006 after rendering 42 years of service under the respondents. This decision of the respondents has been taken under the Standing Order which has fixed retirement age of an employee after completing 42 years of service or 60 years of age whichever is earlier. Similar actions against other employees also generated a litigation and the matter was considered by a Bench of this Court in the case of Bihar State Electric Supply Worker’s Union, Patna v. Bihar State Electricity Board and others, 2003 (4) PLJR 312 where the action of the respondents was held to be in accordance with law. The above view has again been reiterated in the recent decision in the case of Maheshwar Jha v. State of Bihar, 2008 (2) PLJR 649. In view of the consistency of the judicial opinion on the issue the petitioner has no case. The writ application is dismissed. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)