ORDER :

1. The present Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to release the petitioner’s service pension from 01.10.2019 and retirement benefits of gratuity and commutation amount in pursuance of G.O.Rt.No.1097, Finance and Planning (FE. Pen.I) Department, dated 22.06.2000 and to award interest @ 18% per annum on all retiremental and consequential benefits relying on the Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in “J.N. Goel and others v. Union of India and Others, 1997 (2) SCC 440 and “L. Mehrotra and others v. State of U.P. and others, 2002 SCC (L&S) 278.

2. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development.

3. The Pleadings in the affidavit filed in support of Writ Petition, in circumlocutory are that the petitioner was appointed in the year 1978 as NMR in the then Town Planning Trust, later he was appointed as typist on 21.08.1986, later he was promoted as Senior Assistant and Administrative Officer under the direct control of the Divisional Forest Officer as per practice in vogue. Eventually, he was retired from the service on 30.09.2019 on attaining the age of superannuation of 60 years.