Hemant Gupta, J.

1. This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition No. 13382 of 2007, whereby the petitioner, an employee of National Insurance Company Ltd. has sought pension in terms of General Insurance (Employees) Pension Scheme, 1995, on completion of 10 years of qualifying service. This order shall also dispose of Civil Writ Petition No. 978 of 2005, wherein the petitioner, an employee of United India Insurance Company Ltd., has sought pension under the aforesaid Scheme on completion of 10 years qualifying service. Similarly, in Civil Writ Petition No. 19331 of 2006, the petitioner, an employee of the New India Assurance Company, has again claimed pension in terms of the aforesaid Scheme, after putting in more than 10 years of qualifying service. Since the questions raised in all the three petitions are common questions of law and facts, all these three petitions are being disposed by a common order. However, for the facility of reference, facts are taken from Civil Writ Petition No. 13382 of 2007.

2. The claim of the petitioner in the said writ petition is for quashing of the order dated 10.1.2007 (Annexure P.1), whereby the claim of the petitioner for pension in te