JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the 5th respondent in Pen 3/PPT 6325/13-14/180/106/87 dated Nil.11.2013, quash the same and consequently direct the 5th respondent to count 50% of service of the petitioner as part-time Panchayat Clerk from 05.01.1980 to 01.01.1991 and Panchayat Assistant from 01.01.1991 to 15.11.1999 for the purpose of pension and other retirement benefits.)

The Writ on hand has been instituted questioning the validity of the rejection order dated November, 2013, rejecting the claim of the petitioner to count 50% of the service rendered in the post of part-time Panchayat Clerk for reckoning the qualifying service and to settle the terminal and pensionary benefits.

2. The petitioner was appointed as part-time Panchayat Clerk on 05.01.1980 on consolidated pay. On 01.01.1991, he was appointed as Panchayat Assistant and on 15.11.1999, he was promoted as Junior Assistant. Thereafter, he was appointed as Rural Welfare Officer Grade-II on 01.07.2002 and further promoted to the post of Assistant on 31.12.20