ORDER :

The petitioner in this writ petition calls in question the memo dated 03.12.2019 by which the petitioner is sought to be retired on attaining the age of superannuation by the fourth respondent/Siddaganga Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Institute’ for short), contrary to the regulations of the AICTE.

2. Brief facts of the case leading to filing of the petition as borne out from the pleadings are as follows:

Petitioner was appointed as a Lecturer on 01.04.1985 in the department of Mechanical Engineering of the Institute and was from time to time promoted to the higher echelons of office and was at the relevant point in time working as a Professor. The petitioner was born on 18.12.1960. The Institute issued a Memo on 03.12.2019 declaring the staff of the Institute who would retire in the year 2020. The name of the petitioner in the said Memo was at Sl.No.17 to be retiring on 31.12.2020. On the verge of his retirement, the petitioner files this writ petition on the ground that he is working in the cadre of Professor and is entitled to continue in service up to the age of 65 years in terms of the guidelines of respondent-3/The All India Council for Technica