ORDER

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By way of the present OA, filed under Section Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant has prayed for the following reliefs :

Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the Respondent no. 2 to pay the petitioner his pension under the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 with effect from the date the Petitioner attained the age of 58 years And/or Such other order/direction as may be deemed appropriate in the facts and circumstances of the case.

The brief facts of the case as stated by the learned counsel for the applicant are that the applicant joined the office of the respondent No. 3 on 28.11.1972 and continued to work there till 31 March 2004, when he took Voluntary retirement from service (VRS). In the year, 1972, the applicant became a member of the Employees Family Pension Scheme, 1971 (EFPS, contributions towards it from the year, 1972 to the year, till the time the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS, 1995) was in existence till as late as 2000 when the Hon'ble Supreme Court upheld t