The petitioner herein was initially appointed on 09.03.1977 in the Indian Army, EME Corps as Telecom Radar Mechanic and he was discharged from the Army on 25.02.1983 after completing service of 5 years 11 months and 16 days.

Thereafter, the petitioner was directly recruited as 'Security Sub-Inspector, Grade-III' on 26.07.1983 in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Ranipet, Vellore District through Employment Exchange and worked in the said post till 25.09.1987 on which date, the resignation submitted by the petitioner was accepted. In the meanwhile, the petitioner got selected to the post of Sub-

Inspector of Police on 28.09.1987 in the State Service and he was thereafter promoted to the post of 'Inspector of Police' on 26.11.1998 and finally the petitioner retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.07.2011.

2. While the petitioner was in service, in the year 2007, the petitioner made a claim for counting the service rendered by him in the Indian Army for a period of 5 years 11 months and 16 days and the service rendered in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Ranipet, Vellore District for a period of 4 years 1 month and 19 days for the purpose of countin