6. It is then the Petitioner's case that after the Director of Education had rejected her earlier representations, she continued making representations to the Joint Director of Accounts of the Directorate of education through letters dated 27.02.1997, 25.07.1997 and 26.02.2002. Despite her representations, the Assistant Director of Education, vide letter dated 27.03.2002 once again reiterated that her part-time service could not be considered for pensionary benefits and pay fixation. Without approaching this Court, the Petitioner pursued her representations, this time with her School, by writing a letter dated 09.10.2003 claiming that no yearly increment due to the Petitioner since 1991 had been released, nor had pay fixation of the 4th and 5th Pay Commissions been extended to the Petitioner, causing her financial loss; thereafter the Petitioner gave a notice for retirement on superannuation, vide letter dated 05.01.2004, which was accepted and the Petitioner was given a relieving order by her School on 19.03.2004. She claims that when she was relieved from her post on 31.03.2004, she was shocked to find that her service in the State of Karnataka was not counted for pension although she had made a specific request for the same, having completed, according to her, 33 years of service instead of the 27 years and 3 days counted by the School for the purpose of qualifying her for pension.
