ORDER

Justice Ranjit More, Chairman :

The applicant, by filing present Original Application, has sought following relief:

“(i) Set aside Order No.22012/04/2018-IAS-III dated 12.04.2023 as bad in law,

(ii) Direct Respondent to pay the full amount of pension of Applicant due under the Rules from the date of foreign assignment (03.12.1993) with applicable interest, as the right had not been denied under Ryle 5(1) AIS (DCRB) Rules, in accordance with a time frame determined by the Tribunal.”

2. Undisputed facts which gave rise to this Application are as follows:

2.1 The applicant was an IAS officer of 1971 batch borne in the cadre of Uttar Pradesh. He was granted permission to take up a foreign assignment with the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, from 03.12.1993 to 02.11.1994, which was subsequently extended up to 30.06.1995. Since no further extension was granted thereafter, the applicant was required to report for duty in his parent cadre, but he did not report for duty. Thus, the applicant remained unauthorizedly absent from duty with effect from 01.07.1995.

2.2 The respondent vide letters dated 22.08.1997 and 24.12.1997 informed the applicant that his request for continuance