VINOD KSHIRSAGAR WASNIK vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPT. AND ORS

1. This Petition is listed in the Special Pension Category Board. 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 3. The Petitioner has put forth prayer clauses (a) and (b), as under : “a. That this Honorable Court be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus and/or any other order or direction in the nature of mandamus to direct the Respondent No.1, 2 & 3 to grant and release the retirement benefits to the Petitioner including his pension and gratuity etc. on the basis of his last drawn salary considering his service period from 24.07.1991 to 31.03.2022 as per the provisions of the old pension scheme of 1983, with interest at the rate of 18% per annum from the date of superannuation till the actual payment of the same and by treating the Petitioner as fully qualified from his initial date of appointment and by treating his last drawn wages as the wages on which Pension and other retirement dues will be computed. 2/12 Trupti 409-wp-3122-2023.odt b. That this Honorable Court be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus and/or any other order or direction in the nature of mandamus to direct the concerned Respondents to grant the retirement benefits to t