Hon’ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.—The grievance of the petitioner is that services rendered by him prior to 18th July, 1961 at Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya Kaushalpuri, Kanpur (hereinafter referred to as the ‘institution’) is not being counted towards qualifying service for the purpose of pension though in view of law laid down by this Court in Ram Raksh Pal v. State of U.P. and others, (Writ Petition No. 34579 of 1993) decided on 1.9.1995; Ram Janam Singh v. Deputy Director of Education and others, (Writ Petition No. 11855 of 1994) decided on 14.9.1995; Ramjee Das v. State of U.P. and others, (Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 14395 of 1992) decided on 20.11.1996; Ram Adhar Lal Srivastava v. State of U.P. and others, (2001) 1 UPLBEC 916 and Shital Prasad Tripathi v. State of U.P. and others, 1990 AWC 1453 and Rule 19(a) and (b) of U.P. State Aided Educational Institution Employee’s Contributory Provident Fund-Insurance-Pension Rules, (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”) the petitioner is entitled to count the same and, therefore, the impugned order dated 11.6.2001 (Annexure 10 to the writ petition) passed by Joint Director of Education, Kanpur Region, denying the said benefit is ille