JUDGMENT :

Arun Bhansali, J.

1. These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners aggrieved by order dated 01.08.2019 (Annex. 5) passed by the respondent - University, whereby, the pension payment of the petitioners has been stopped.

2. At the outset it may be noticed that though reply to CW 10248/2021 has not been filed, both the learned counsel, for the petitioner and the University submitted that the facts and documents in said petition and other two petitions are identical and therefore, the said petition may also be heard and decided together with other two petitions.

3. As the pleadings in SBCWP No. 12154/2019 are complete, the facts indicated therein and documents filed in the said petition have been taken into consideration and referred to hereinafter.

4. The petitioners retired from service of the respondent - University on attaining the age of superannuation on different dates from various departments and were holding different designations as has been indicated in the writ petitions.

5. It is inter alia indicated in the writ petitions that on 17.8.1991, a notificatio