JUDGMENT :

1. RULE returnable forthwith. Ms.Surbhi Bhati learned AGP waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent State.

2. With the consent of learned advocates for the respective parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing.

3. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the relief sought for by the petitioner is to count the length of service preceding the date of regularization as the initial date for the purposes of extending the benefits of retirement and fixation of pension.

4. Mr.Joshi would rely on the order passed by this Court dated 29.03.2022 in Special Civil application No.944 of 2022. The said order reads as under:

“1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned AGP waives service of notice of Rule for the respondent-State.

2. With the consent of the learned advocates for the parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing today.

3. Heard Mr. V. K. Joshi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Ms. Surbhi Bhati, learned AGP for the respondent-State.

4. By way of this petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have challenged the action of the respondents in not making full payment of pensionary benefits