The petitioner has challenged the order of the second respondent, dated 210. 2003 and sought for a direction to the respondents to settle all the retirement benefits, monetary as well as service, with appropriate interest till the date of payment and for damages.

2. Facts leading to the writ petition are as follows:

The petitioner was appointed as a Lower Division Clerk/Junior Assistant by direct recruitment and he joined the service on 7. 1955. He was promoted as Assistant and transferred to Coimbatore Municipality (now Corporation), where, he had worked as Store Keeper between the second week of December 1974 and the third week of June 1975. Since his predecessor had failed to handover the Water Supply Materials and Accounts, the petitioner brought to the notice of the Civil Engineer and the then Commissioner of Coimbatore Municipality. By memo, dated 21. 1975, of the then Commissioner of Coimbatore Municipality, the former general storekeeper was directed to handover the charge of the stores to the petitioner. Even then, he had failed to do so. On his transfer to Erode Municipality, the Municipal Commissioner instructed the petitioner to handover the materials availabl