JUDGMENT :

Om Prakash Shukla, J.

1. These bunch of writ petitions involve common questions of law and fact. It is the case of the petitioners that they were entitled to be allowed to continue their services as teachers in the university concerned till the age of 65 years and relies on three identical orders passed by a coordinate bench of this Court in similar situation in the following cases:

(i) Order dated 19.04.2022 passed in Writ A No. 3433 of 2022 titled as Dr. Devendra Narain Mishra Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors;

(ii) Order dated 11.05.2022 passed in Writ A No. 7085 of 2022 titled as Chandra Mohan Ojha & 19 others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors;

(iii) Order dated 27.05.2022 passed in Writ A No. 3369 of 2022 titled as Dr. Anil Kumar Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors;

2. All the petitioners have common ground, that in all these cases, it was directed to the state Government to incorporate the necessary amendments in the respective university statues, so as to raise/increase the age of superannuation from the existing 62 years to 65 years. Since, common ground is engaging the attention of this court in all these bunch of writ petitions, these petitions are being disposed of by a common order and for the sake of convenience, the facts of leading petition being Writ-A No. 4440 of 2022 (Dr. Prem Chandra Mishra Vs. State of U.P & Others) is being considered for disposal of these writ petition. The petitioner, in the said writ petition claims to have been working as a Professor (Psychology) in the University of Lucknow, wherein he superannuated on attaining the age of 62 years on 08.07.2020. However, since the petitioner was extended the session benefit, he actually retired on 30.06.2021. Thus, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition for the following relief:

“(i) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned letter dated 27.01.2020 issued on behalf of respondent University of Lucknow contained as Annexure – 12 to the writ petition, to the extent that it prescribe superannuation of the petitioner on attainment of 62 years of age.

(ii) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties state to alter and modify the statutes of the Lucknow University providing for increase in age of superannuation of teachers in Universities and its affiliate Colleges from 62 years to 65 years in terms of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2010 and allow the petitioner to perform his duties of the post of Professor (Psychology), with consequential benefits of pay and allowances.”

(iii) to issue a writ, order or direction in the appropriate nature declaring the condition of point no. 2.3 of said Government Order dated 28.06.2019 as ultra vires and the age of superannuation of teachers including petitioner may be directed to be corrected as 65 years and extension of 2 years of service after attaining the age of superannuation may be given after completing the age of 65 years.”

3. This court finds that similar prayers have been made by the other writ petitioners in their respective petition. Counter have been invited by this court, wherein although counter has been filed in the lead matter, the same is not the fate of other connected matters. This court does not wish to deal with the pleadings of each & every writ petition separately as the court is deciding the common issue raised by the writ petitioner in these bunch of petition. It is made clear that only the counter filed in the lead matter Prem Chandra Mishra case is being dealt with this court and any pleadings not commensurate & not in conformity to the pleadings of the lead matter stands rejected /allowed as per the findings arrived by this court hereinafter.

4. This court has patiently heard Shri Dhruv Mathur, Ld. c