Identical questions were raised before this Court in a few writ petitions earlier by some other employees of Air India and they were companysidered at length by a bench of three Judges in Air India v. Nargesh Meerza and were companysidered in favour of Air India.
Accordingly Counter Affidavit has been filed.
Soli J. Sorabjee, P.H. Parekh, Rajender Mahapatra and Ms. Ayesha Misra for the Petitioner.
Under the existing rules, namely Regulation 46 1 c of the Service Regulation the petitioner was to retire on 28 2 1987 and in fact she retired on that date.
The Petitioner has filed her Rejoinder Affidavit also.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition Civil No.
The following Judgments of the Court were delivered by KHALID, J. In this writ petition, filed by an Air India employee, who at the relevant time was Deputy Chief Air Hostess, numberice was taken for the respondents when the matter came up for admission.
K. Venugopal, D.R. Dhanuka, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Lalit Bhasin, Vineet Kumar and Ms. Nina Gupta for the Respondents.
We directed the respondents to file their Counter Affidavit.
Heard the learned companynsel on both sides at some length.
Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India .
The prayer in the writ petition is to quash the letter sent to her retiring her on 28 2 1987, to declare Regulation 46 1 c ultra vires, to direct reconsideration of the decision in Air India v. Nargesh Meerza, 1982 1 SCR 438 and to declare that the petitioner will retire only on her attaining the age of 58 years.
231 of 1987.
