JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the 2nd respondent to count the service of the petitioner for the period from 6.6.1974 to 31.5.1991 along with the service of the petitioner from 1.6.1991 to 30.6.2009 like that of other similarly placed person extending the benefit of counting the service of the unaided school by order of the 1st respondent in Letter No.74418/D2/96 dated 21.7.1997 and in the light of the judgment of this Hon'ble Court reported in 2013 (5) MLJ 427 dated 1.4.2013 and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to grant Selection Grade, Special Grade, monetary and other service and consequential pensionary benefits for the entire period from 6.6.1974 to 30.06.2009 for 35 years of service.)

1. The present petition has been filed for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider the representation submitted by the petitioner for counting his service for the period while the school was functioning as an recognised unaided school between 6.6.1974 and 31.5.1991 and to count the said period along with his further service for the purpose of calculation of pension, selectio