This writ petition has been filed for the issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records relating to the order or the respondent dated 15.03.2001 bearing Ref. No. DP:PENSION:182:01 and to quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to sanction pension in terms of Union Bank of India (Employees) Pension Regulations, 1995 with effect from the date of coming into force of the Pension Regulation with interest at the rate of 24% per annum.

2. The brief facts that are necessary for the disposal of this writ petition are as follows:

The petitioner was appointed on 01.07.1958 in the Union Bank of India as a Clerk. Thereafter, he was promoted as Officer. On 31.10.1989, the petitioner was relieved from service on voluntary retirement on medical grounds. On his date of retirement, there was no pension scheme. However, in the year 1993, the pension scheme was introduced. The scheme itself provided for grant of pension even to those persons who retired from services from 01.01.1986 to 31.10.1993. The petitioner approached the Bank for grant of pension, but the Bank denied the petitioner's request on the ground that the scheme was applicable only to pe