ORDER

These writ petitions have been filed for direction to the 3rd respondent to calculate the service rendered as part time clerk as qualifying service for the purpose of pension and pay revised pension by counting service as part time Panchayat Clerk 01.06.1987 to 14.01.1999, 01.04.1979 to 03.01.1991 & 01.04.1983 to 31.12.1990 forenoon and Panchayat Assistant from 01.01.1991 to 17.02.1995 forenoon respectively.

2. All the writ petitioners had joined as part time Panchayat Clerks.

Thereafter, they were promoted as Junior Assistant. Subsequently, they were promoted as Assistant. On attainment of age of superannuation, they were retired from their respective service. They were receiving pension and attendant benefits for the service rendered as Junior Assistant. However, their service rendered as part time Panchayat Clerk had not been taken into consideration while fixing the pension. It is a violation of G.O.Ms.No.39 Rural Development Panchayat Department dated 13.06.2011 by which the State Government extended the benefit of counting 50% of the services rendered in the Government service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. In fact, the said G.O.Ms.No.39, Rural Development and Pan