P.S. Gopinathan, J. –

1. The question raised before us is whether an employee transferred from the erstwhile Electricity Department of the Government of Kerala to the Kerala State Electricity Board, herein after referred to as 'the Board', is entitled to the benefit of Ext.P5 order granting interim relief to the State Government Employees and Ext.P7 order granting revision of pension and other related benefits from the respective dates or from a date opted by the Board.

2. The appellant before us is the 3rd respondent Board in W.P.(C) No.20865/2006. The Writ Petition was filed by respondents 1 and 2 herein. The brief facts of the case is that the 1st respondent was appointed in the erstwhile Electricity Department of the Government of Kerala as Lower Division Clerk on 1.11.1995. On constitution of the Board with effect from 1.4.1957, 1st respondent along with certain others were transferred to the Board and he continued service in the Board till his retirement on 30.4.1985 as an Accounts Officer. The 2nd respondent was directly appointed by the Board as a Lower Division Clerk on 25.2.1963 and retired from service on 31.7.1996 while he was working as a Senior Superintend