V K AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In this petition and the group of petitions connected with the same, the question which arises is as to whether the Petitioners who are the teachers of the State Medical Colleges, their age of superannuation is 60 years or 58 years. The petition filed by Dr. V.K. Agarwal has been treated as the leading petition.

(2.) Dr. V. K. Agarwal is the Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics in the Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad (hereinafter referred to as the 'Medical College'). This Medical College is a Constituent College of the University of Allahabad. The Petitioner was born on 15th August, 1932. He passed the M 8 B.S. Examination from K. G. Medical College, Lucknow, in the year 1955. Thereafter, he obtained the Diploma of D.C.H in 1958 from London. In 1962. the Petitioner obtained M.R.C.P. from Edinburgh (U. K.) In the year 1963, the Petitioner was appointed as a Lecturer in the Medical College at Allahabad. In 1967, the Petitioner obtained the degree of M.D. and, thereafter, in February, 1973, the Petitioner was appointed as the Professor and the Head of the Department of Pediatrics in the Medical College, Allahabad.

(3.) In the petition, it has been alleged that the Petitioner is responsible for conducting a lot of research work and he is Consultant in many Organisations and he is contributing in a great deal in various Schemes of the Government of India and, consequently, the Petitioner received several awards for his services and research work in the field of child health in the year 1974. He was elected Member of Royal College of Physician, Edinburgh. In 1985, the Petitioner received Hari Om Ashram Research Fund Award. The Petitioner was also awarded Dr. R. S. Dayal Gold Medal for the best research paper in Neonetalogy.