JUDGMENT :

Petitioners 4 in number are senior citizens and renowned professors (retired) of the University of Calicut. All the petitioners were appointed as teachers by the syndicate, the Chief Executive Body of the 1st respondent University and they were relieved from their duties on 31.03.2013. Petitioners had attained the age of 60 years on 12.11.2012, 1.12.2012, 1.10.2012 and 4.10.2012 respectively but as per the practice, were allowed to discharge the duties and rendered the services till 31.03.2013 and have approached this Court challenging series of Ext.P6 whereby part of their salary for the month of March and part/total of DCRG and pension commutation were impounded by the 2nd respondent as per the orders issued by the 3rd respondent.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that no doubt the provisions of the Statute of the University provided the retirement age as 60 but they were allowed to continue and discharge their duties upto 31.03.2013 ie., the end of the academic year. This fact is evident from series of documents Exts.P2, P3 & P5. Vide order dated 31.03.2013 (Ext.P2) Vice Chancellor accorded sanction for relieving from their duty with ef