JUDGMENT

Jagmohan Bansal, J. - By this common order, appeal Nos. 1104, 1132, 1176, 1430, 872, 873, 921 and 922 of 2017 filed under Clause X of Letters Patent, involving identical issue, are hereby adjudicated. One set of Letters Patent Appeals (LPA Nos. 1104, 1132, 1176 and 1430 of 2017) has been filed by the Panjab University, Chandigarh (for short 'appellant-University) and another set of Letters Patent Appeals (LPA Nos. 872, 873, 921 and 922 of 2017) has been filed by respondents (for short 'writ-petitioners'). The appellant-University is claiming that learned Single Judge vide impugned order dated 15.3.2017 has wrongly extended benefit of leave encashment for the period of service beyond 60 years and writ-petitioners are claiming that learned Single Judge has wrongly denied benefit of increments, gratuity and other retiral benefits for the said period of service beyond 60 years.

2. The appellant is a University which has been constituted under Panjab University Act, 1947 read with Punjab Re-organization Act, 1966. It is apt to notice that appellant-University is not a Central University. The Central Government provides funds to the appellant-University to the extent of 60% throug