The Telangana High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by professors and associate professors of two state agricultural universities seeking extension of their retirement age from 60 to 65 years. The petitions were filed by faculty members of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) and PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University (PVNRTVU).Justice K Sarath, dismissing all the petitions, held that fixing the retirement age is a policy matter that falls exclusively within the domain of the executive and cannot be directed by courts. The judge ruled that drawing UGC pay scales or performing similar duties as faculty in other universities does not automatically entitle employees to identical service conditions, including retirement age, as each institution is governed by its own statutory framework and service rules. The court relied on a series of Supreme Court judgments holding that superannuation age is a matter of government policy and not subject to judicial extension.