ORDER

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

"(i) Orders impugned Annexure P/1 may kindly be quashed.

(ii) Respondents may kindly be directed to release pension of father of petitioner w.e.f. 7.7.1984, arrears be given with interest at the rate of 12% per annum till date of realization.

Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the facts and circumstances of the case same may kindly be granted to the petitioner."

2. The case of the petitioners is that their father late Samant Singh Tomar was serving as Assistant Teacher in the respondent Department. He was appointed on 31.3.1964 and served the department till 6.7.1984, when he went on unauthorized leave and did not join the services. On 12.9.2008, i.e., after 24 years of his unauthorized absence, the father of the petitioners made an application to the District Coordinator AJK Shivpur for preparation of his pension case and for payment of GPF amount. The said application was made on a plain paper whereas the father of the petitioners was required to make an application in the prescribed proforma. No other communi-cation was ever made by the father of