JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J.- The petitioner, who was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in the Mission Minority Primary School and on attaining the age of superannuation retired from service w.e.f. 28.02.1995, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash Annexure-2 dated 12.12.2005 rejecting his claim for getting pension and other retirement benefits as deemed and admissible to the post w.e.f. 01.03.1995 along with interest.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that in order to improve and create a literacy atmosphere within the children of backward class of Sundargarh district, more than 200 educational institutions were established by the Christian Community which were managed by Catholic Board of Education, a registered society, having its Head Office at 'Bishop's House, Hamirpur, Rourkela. Mission Minority Primary Schools established by the Christian Community are protected under Article 30 of the Constitution of India and the primary schools, which were established and recognized at different points of time having been eligible, were brought under the grant-in-aid fold and became fully aided educational institutions. The petitioner, having got requisite qualification