ORDER

Per : Hon’ble Shri Lok Ranjan, Member (A)

The Applicant had filed the present Original Application upon being aggrieved by the Office Order dated 31.05.2016 of Senior Regional Director, Regional Office for Health and Family Welfare, Rajasthan (R.O.H.&F.W.) i.e. RespondentNo.4, vide which the Applicantwas retired on superannuation w.e.f. 31.05.2016 afternoon, from the post of Research Officer(R.O.) (Medical), National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (N.V.B.D.C.P.) ; without being considered under the Order dated 31.05.2016 of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (M.H.&F.W.) issued for enhancing with immediate effect the age of superannuation of the Specialists of Non-teaching and public health sub cadres and of General Duty Medical Officers (G.D.M.O.) of Central Health Services (C.H.S.) to 65 years.

2. Based on the pleadings of the parties, the relevant matrix of facts in the present case had emerged as follows briefly. The Applicant was initially appointed as ad-hoc R.O.(Medical) in the Malaria Operational Field Research Scheme (M.O.F.R.S.) and had joined on 20.04.1987 at the R.O.H.&F.W., Jaipur. Vide letter dated 29.09.1995, the M.O.F.R.S. was integrated with the N