By the Court.—Heard Sri Kushmondeya Shahi, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for respondents.

2. Petitioners are seeking mandamus commanding respondents to count previous services of petitioners rendered in Uttar Pradesh State Brassware Corporation Ltd., Moradabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘UPSBCL’) for purposes of pension and other retiral benefits.

3. Learned counsel for petitioners placed reliance judgment of Division Bench in “Hridayesh Dayal Srivastava v. State of U.P.” Service Bench No. 410 of 2010 decided on 4.4.2012 and in some other matters.

4. However, we find no merit in the claim made by the petitioners. UPSBCL was a company incorporated under the provision of Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Act 1956’), though owned by State of U.P.

5. The petitioner-1, Pooran Singh Manral, was appointed as Field Officer (UPSBCL) on 12.6.1979 in the pay scale of Rs. 400-750 and then promoted as Assistant Procurement Officer on which post he continued till his retrenchment on 15.3.1994 and at the time of retrenchment he was working in the Pay Scale of Rs. 2000-3200.

6. Petitioner-2 Hari Ram Verma was also appointed in UPSBCL as Sales