BALDEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner initially entered appointment in the service of PWD B&R National Highway Patiala as a Driver on 1.8.1974. While in service he met with an accident and suffered permanent disability to the extent of 70%. In October 1992 he was appointed as Road Inspector and promoted as Junior Engineer in May 2005. He superannuated from the service upon attaining the prescribed age. He now presses for his claim for retention in service beyond the age of superannuation in terms of the policy of the government which enables him to such a benefit subject, however, to the conditions envisaged in the policy itself. The petitioner places reliance on the decisions rendered by this Court in CWP No. 7233 of 2010 and LPA No. 1719 of 2011. The answer to this writ petition was kept in abeyance on account of the pendency of Special Leave Petition where the decision rendered by this Court was being tested before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The same stands answered now and it would be appropriate to extract the relevant portion of the observations of the Hon'ble Supreme Court:--