JUDGMENT :

S.MANIKUMAR, J.

Petitioners herein are the respondents and the respondent herein is the complainant in Complaint No.2122/2005 on the file of the Kerala Lok Ayukta. Complaint No.2122/05 was filed by the respondent seeking for a direction to sanction pension and Provident Fund amount to her.

2. Petitioners herein sought for the following reliefs:

i. To call for the records leading to Exts.P23 & P27 and to quash the same to the extent they direct to pay interest at the rate of 9% per annum to the complainant/respondent herein for pensionary benefits.

ii. To declare that the respondent is not entitled for any interest on her pension and pensionary benefits for the reason that she submitted a proper application for pension only on 24.12.2008.

3. Short facts leading to the filing of this writ petition are as follows:

The complainant/respondent herein entered service in the Health Department as Junior Public Health Nurse on 01.09.1974 and she continued as such, till 06.06.1995, at the Community Health Centre, Kanyakulangara, as evident from Exhibit P2, copy of the attendance regi