JUDGMENT

Rabindranath Samanta, J. - The petitioner by preferring this writ petition challenges the legality of Memorandum dated 28.07.2020, 20.07.2021 and 30.12.2021 issued by the respondent No.5, the Assistant Director, Pension, Provident Fund & Group Insurance, Memorandum dated 07.04.2022 and 22.06.2022 issued by the respondent No.3, the District Library Officer, Hooghly and the letter dated 11.05.2022 issued by the respondent No.2, the Director of Library Services, Government of West Bengal and prays for direction upon the respondents to release and disburse her retiral benefits.

2. The facts which led to the filing of the writ petition may be adumbrated as under:

The petitioner was appointed as a Librarian of Rural Library namely Radha Raman Sammelan Samity Pathghar, Hooghly on 12.10.1984. Subsequently, she improved her qualification by obtaining bachelor degree of Library and Information Science with effect from 01.08.1993. According to Memorandum dated 07.03.1990 issued by the Education Department, Government of West Bengal, teachers and librarians of Secondary Schools who have improved their qualification in the subject relevant to their appointment shall get higher scale of pa