JUDGMENT :

A.S. SUPEHIA, J.

1. The present petition emanates from the Notification dated 30.09.2016 passed by the Legal Department notifying the premature retirement of the petitioner, who was serving as the Principal Senior Civil Judge & Additional Judicial Magistrate, Bardoli, Surat. The name of the petitioner stands at Sr.No.8 of the Notification.

2. RULE. Learned advocate Mr.Hamesh C. Naidu waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent No.1 and learned Assistant Government Pleader Ms.Shruti Dhruve waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent No.2.

3. The petitioner, who was serving as Judge, Small Causes Court, was retired prematurely in public interest on attaining the age of 53 years and 06 months.

4. The High Court on the administrative side undertook an exercise for examining the performance of the Judicial Officers of the State of Gujarat by verifying the service records, such as Annual Confidential Reports, disposals, complaints, vigilance complaints, and departmental inquies etc. and accordingly, the Committee of the three Hon’ble High Court Judges was formed, which had undertaken the necessary exercise of verification of the service records, an