(1.) The petitioner has sought a mandate from this Court to the respondents to release his pension and other retirement benefits and has also prayed that the order issued by respondent No. 2 to the effect that the petitioner is not entitled to be paid anything extra except what was paid to him during the period of his suspension, be quashed.
(2.) The facts :-
(3.) Written statement has been filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3. It was admitted that the employees of the erstwhile Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samitis are entitled to pensionary benefits subject to the condition that such employees will deposit the share of contribution made by the erstwhile Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samitis towards their provident fund in full with effect from November 1, 1966 or from the date they become the members of Provident Fund, whichever is later, with interest thereon in Government treasury in lump sum. The petitioner's case for grant of pension, gratuity, provident fund and other benefits could not be finalised since he did not submit his pension papers.