HIGH COURT OF CHHAT‘HSGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NO. 4401 OF 2008 Dhalgan Singh, S/o Bhagat Singh, aged about 60 years. Permanent Gang man, R/o village. Janji, Thana Sipai. Dis“. Bilaspur (0G). Versus 1. State of Chhattisgam, Through Secretary, trrigatinn Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (CG). 2. Executive Engineer, Kharung Water Resources Division, Bilaspur (CG). 3. Sub Divisionat Omcer, National Water Management (Rastliya Jat Prabandh), Sub Division, Sipat (Janji) Biiaspur (CG). PETtTtONER RTS ESPONDEN (Wtit petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of indie) Single Bench : Hon’bte Shri satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present : Shri Sanjay Patet, counsel for the petitioner. Shri P.K. Bhaduri, Panel Lawyer for the State. ORAL ORDER (Passed on this 11“ day of August, 2008) With the consent oi teamed coursel appearing for the parties, the petition is heard finally. 2) Leamed oounsel appearing for the petitioner sulxnits that the petitioner was appointed as permanent Gang man. The petitioner is accordingly entitled to the benefits firming from the judgment and order passed in the case of Govind & Others vs. State of C.G. 8: Others‘, wherein, this Gourt, deating with similarly situated gang men, held that the permanent gang men are entitled to be retired on attaining the age of 62 years, in accordance with the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Shaskiya Sevak (Adhivarshiki-Ayu) Adhiniyam, 1967 (for short “the Act, 1967"). 3) Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the case of the petitioner is squarely oovered by the judgment and order passed by this Court in the case of Govind (supra). 4). Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed in the same terms i.e. the petitioner, who is permanent Gang man, is entitled to retire on attaining the age of 62 years in accordance with the provisions of the Act, 1967, subject to verification of the facts. No order as to costs. ) Consequently, t.A.No.1 for interim relief stands d‘sposed of. R Sd/— Satish K. Agnihotri Judge , Wit 1 2007 (2) CGLJ 29 5