JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the respondent contained in letter dated 25.03.2015 issued by the Dean, IIT Madras, quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to treat the petitioner as a person voluntarily retired after having completed more than twenty years of combined qualifying service and hence, grant all consequential pensionary and gratuity benefits due to the petitioner.)

1. This writ petition is filed seeking to quash the letter dated 25.03.2015 issued by the Deputy Registrar (Admn.) IIT Madras, whereby, the petitioner''s request for considering voluntary retirement has been rejected. The petitioner seeks for a direction to the respondent to treat him as a person as voluntarily retired, after having completed more than twenty years of combined qualifying service, and to grant all consequential pensionary and gratuity benefits due to the petitioner.

2. It is averred in the writ petition that the petitioner was employed as Programmer Grade-I in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Indian Institution of Technology,