A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai, J.

1. The petitioners herein are recognized associations of aided higher secondary school teachers, government employees with gazetted rank, government non gazetted officers and teachers of aided educational institutions, who are working as well as superannuated at the age of 56 years on different dates.

2. They are aggrieved by Ext. P8 decision of the State Government dated 30.04.2013 excluding those appointed before 01.04.2013 in service from the purview of enhancement of age of superannuation to 60 years though the State Government, by Ext. P10 decision dated 04.01.2014, have decided to enhance the age of retirement to 60 years in respect of the members of the certain services. According to the petitioners, the denial of the aforesaid benefit to the petitioners in other services appointed before 01.04.2013 is discriminatory, unreasonable and arbitrary; and therefore, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. According to them, the fixation of retirement age as 56 for those, who appointed before 01.04.2013 is too low, which warrants a direction from this Court to fix the retirement age in accordance with Ext. P9 report of the Kerala St