N.P.Singh, J.

1. This writ writ application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to fix her pension and other retirement benefits after the petitioner retired from the service of the State Government on 31st of August, 1988. A prayer has also been made to quash an order dated 18-7-88 issued from the Directorate of Industries, rejecting the representation of the petitioner in terms of Rule 76 of the Bihar Service Code (hereinafter referred to as the Code).

2. According to the petitioner she was appointed as Lady Skilled Artisan as early as in the year 1956 and thereafter she continued in the service of the State Government. Sometime in the year 1968 due to mental disorder the petitioner stopped coming to office. Initially, she was granted leave but later she absented herself from duty without any leave. This situation continued upto the year 1978 when the petitioner is said to have become normal and wanted to join her service but she was not allowed to join because she had remained absent without leave for such a long period. The petitioner kept on pursuing the matter, but she ultimately retired from the service of the S