(1.) THE petitioners are Class-l or Class-ll employees of U. P. State Warehousing Corporation or UP. State Agro Industrial Corporation and on attaining the age of superannuation, i. e. 58 years, have been directed to retire, where against they have filed the present writ petitions claiming that they are entitled to continue upto the age of 60 years. Since, common questions of law and facts are involved in all these matters, as requested and agreed by learned Counsel for the parties, these matters have been heard together finally at this stage under the Rules of the Court and are being decided by this common judg ment.
(2.) IN all these Petitions, the petitioners are employees of UP. State Ware housing Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'upswc') and have challenged the orders of authorities informing them about their retirement on attaining 58 years of age i. e. the age of superannuation.