ORDER :

G.S. Kulkarni, J.

1. This proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution brings before the Court the struggle of the petitioner, who was working as a Hamal to avail pension, having retired from the service of Savitribai Phule Pune University. The petitioner has rendered meritorious service as noted by us in our previous orders, despite which on untenable/technical grounds, for a period of two years from the date of his superannuation, (i.e., from 31 May, 2021) he was not paid pension. It is in these circumstances, contending that despite all necessary documents for payment of pension were supplied by the University to the Office of respondent nos. 1 to 3, the petitioner was being deprived of his legitimate entitlement to receive pension, the petitioner felt constrained to approach this Court by the present proceedings.

2. From the beginning of the present proceedings, we were wondering as to whether any person who superannuates after a long unblemished service should at all suffer such plight, after having rendered long service (in the present case of about 30 years) and be deprived of the basic entitlement of receiving pension, being the very source of livelihood. To our mi