on october 12 1961 the state of gujarat made an order retiring the appellant from the service with effect from january 12 1962.
on the merger of saurashtra in the new billingual state of bombay on numberember 1 1956 the appellant was absorbed in the service of the said state.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated july 5 1963 of the gujarat high companyrt in special civil application number 827 of 1961.
the order of retirement was challenged by the appellant by means of a writ petition which was dismissed.
on the bifurcation of the state of bombay on may 1 1960 he was assigned to the state of gujarat and was absorbed as a permanent executive engineer there.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 409 of 1966.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by grover y. this is an appeal by special leave from a judgment of the gujarat high companyrt dismissing a petition under l83sup.ci/69 2 art.
on that date he had number attained the age of 55 years but he was about 53 years old.
the appellant had joined the service of the erstwhile state of junagadh on august 1 1934.
l. sanghi s. k. dholakia and r. n. sachthey for the respondent.
gopalakrishnan for the appellant.
226 of the companystitution by which the order retiring the appellant from service before he had attained the age of 55 years had been challenged.
the appellant continued to remain in the service of that state having been confirmed as an executive engineer on september 24 1956.
that state merged into the state of saurashtra on january 20 1949.
