J.B. Pardiwala, J.

Since the issues raised in all the captioned writ-applications are more or less the same, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. The writ-applicants before me are all former employees of the respective Nationalized Banks. The issue raised in all the writ applications is one relating to the claim to receive pension. The case of the writ-applicants is that since they all had put in the minimum qualifying years of service, they are entitled to receive pension, whereas, the case of the respective banks is that the writ-applicants had resigned from service and therefore, are not entitled to receive pension in accordance with the Pension Regulations.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the respective writ-applicants have provided the necessary details and information as regards each of the writ-applicants for the convenience of this Court.

4. So far as the Special Civil Applications Nos.10855 of 2003; 10857 of 2003 and 8934 of 2013 are concerned, the details are as under:-

	SCA No. 10855/2003	SCA No. 10855/2003	SCA No. 10857/2003	SCA No. 8934/2013
	Mr. H.S. Chhapia Dena Bank	Mr. K.I. Oza Dena Bank	Mr. C.L. Bhimani IOB	Mr. S.M. Dave Central Bank
Date of Birth	06/10/50	07/06/40	03/01/44	01/12/46
Appointed on	11/03/70	15/06/1959	21/08/1968	11/10/71
Applied for Retirement/Resignation	29/02/1992	19/06/1986	15/06/1989	12/10/1991 & 28/02/1992
Relieved on Completed service of	28/05/1992 22 years	19/06/1986 27 years	15/09/1989 21 years	01/03/92 20 years
Applied for Pension	03/05/94		18/07/1994	15/02/1994
Denied the Pension on	20/06/1996 & 26/02/1997	23/01/2001	08/04/1995 & 28/07/2000	02/08/1994 30/03/1995
Additional Information	Conditional Resignation- For Benefits of Retirement.? Bank Sent for Medical Examination Required for Retired Officers		Bank had sent Required Forms for Exercising the Option for Pension (28.07.1994)	Frequently Requested the Bank to send forms for pension Opetion.

5. The details as regards the Special Civil Application No.10854 of 2003 is concerned, the same are as under:-

1	Name & Address	Miss Jayshreeben Krishnalal Somani Parekh Building, B/h. Telegraph Office Near Jubli Garden Rajkot - 360 001
2	Date of Birth	01/10/49
3	Date of Joining Service in Bank & Designation	25.11.1969 At Central Bank of India, Rajkot Main Branch at Typist-Clerk
4	Date of Resignation	13.08.1993 from Central Bank of India, Rajkot Main Branch as Typist-Clerk
5	Notice Period Given	One month Salary deducted by the Bank in lieu of Notice.

6. The details as regards the Special Civil Application No.10856 of 2003 is concerned, the same are as under:-

Name of the Petitioner	Date of Appointment	Date of Resignation	Date of Option	Date of Rejection	Years of Service
Hasmukh R. Pavagadhi	06/11/54	30/09/1989	-	27/11/1995	34
Adityakumar Jain	25/05/1974	30/01/1995	25/06/1996	03/07/96	20
Harshadri N. Trivedi	05/07/54	23/05/1989		27/11/1995	34

7. The details as regards the Special Civil Application No.10860 of 2003 is concerned, the same are as under:-

Name of the Petitioner	Date of Appointment	Date of Resignation	Date of Option	Date of Rejection	Years of Service
Bhupatrai D. Shah	15/05/1961	15/01/1988	18/07/1994	26/10/1994	26

8. The learned counsel appearing for the respective writ-applicants vehemently submitted that the Regulation No.22 of the Pension Regulations, 1995 stipulates that the "resignation or dismissal or removal or termination of an employee from service of the Bank shall entail forfeiture of his entire past service and consequently, sha