P HANUMANTHAIAH Vs. UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A retired senior laboratory assistant, retired from the services of the university of agricultural sciences, Bangalore, is before this court inter alia seeking the following reliefs. They are: a. For a direction to the respondents 1 to 4 to pay to the petitioner dcrg amounts, which is withheld by the accountant general in karnataka, Bangalore. b. For a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to settle his pensionary claims taking into account that the petitioner's age of retirement is at 60 years. c. For a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to pay interest at the rate of 18% on the amounts due to the petitioner towards terminal benefits from 1-7-1993 till the date of actual payment.

(2.) FACTS in extenso requires to be noticed. They are as under: petitioner was working as a senior laboratory assistant in b. s. and h. College, which is affiliated to the university of agricultural sciences, Bangalore-first respondent herein. His date of birth is entered as 16-6-1933 in the service register maintained by the university. According to petitioner, as a government employee, he should have retired after attaining the age of superannuation on 30-6-1991. But since he opted to serve in the university of agricultural sciences, according to him, he could continue to work till the age of 60 years and he would retire on 30-6-1993 after attaining the age of 60 years or the age of superannuation.

(3.) BY an order dated 28-12-1993, the respondent-university had communicated to the petitioner that his date of birth as entered in the service register is 16-6-1936 and the actual date of retirement on attaining the age of superannuation would be 16-6-1994 and because he opted to serve in the university of agricultural sciences and since the actual date of retirement on superannuation falls in the middle of the month, petitioner would retire on 30-6-1994. Pursuant to the aforesaid communication, it appears, petitioner continued to work in the university as senior laboratory assistant till November 1994.