Shimla, Aug. 12 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has set aside multiple government orders retiring Susheela Rana, Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy at Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College (SLBSGMC), Ner Chowk, and directed the State to consider her case for extension of service up to the age of 68 years, as granted to other similarly placed faculty members.

Justice Sandeep Sharma, delivering the judgment in CWP No. 1743 of 2022, quashed the State's orders dated February 17, 2022, February 28, 2022, and March 6, 2025, terming them discriminatory and contrary to policy decisions issued in December 2021 and December 2023, which allow medical college professors to serve up to 68 years on a case-to-case basis.

The C...