JUDGMENT :

BIREN VAISHNAV, J.

1. RULE returnable forthwith. Mr. Soaham Joshi 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 petitions are taken up for final hearing.

3. Since the issue involved in these petitions is the same, Special Civil Application No. 7669 of 2022 is taken as a lead matter for the purposes of this judgment.

4. The prayer in the petition is to direct the respondents to consider the initial date of service as services for the purposes of gratuity and pension and revise pensionary benefits accordingly.

5. Mr. H.B. Singh relies on the judgment dated 18.07.2022 passed by this Court in Special Civil Application No. 19828 of 2021 and allied matters.

6. The said judgment reads as under:

“1. RULE returnable forthwith. Mr. Kurven Desai 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 petitions are taken up for final hearing.

3. Since the issue involved in these petitions