JUDGMENT :

S. MANIKUMAR, J.

1. Instant writ petition has been filed for a Writ of Declaration, declaring that Rule 43(a) of the Central Reserve Police Force Rules, 1955 together with the corresponding Rule 12 of the Central Reserve Police Force Group “A” (General Duty) Officers Recruitment Rules, 2001 amended in 2010, reading as “other officers holding posts lower than the Deputy Inspector General shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which they attain the age of fifty seven years” as unconstitutional, discriminatory, unjust, violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution together with a consequential direction to the respondents to amend the both the rules referred to above, by way of enhancing the superannuation age from the present 57 years to 60 years for such ‘other officers’, thus ensuring uniformity/non-discrimination in the aforesaid Rules.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he worked as Inspector/Technician in D/2 Signal Battalion, Central Reserve Police, Avadi, Chennai and retired from service on 30.6.2019. He had an unblemished service career in CRPF, without any cause of complaint or punishments till his retirement. It is the fu