THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5372 of 2010 Dated: 06.07.2010 Between: K.G.V.Krishnaiah. .. Petitioner. And The Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowments) Department, Secretariat Building, Saifabad, Hyderabad, And others. .. Respondents. ORDER: It appears, under G.O.Ms.No.680 dated 15.07.1987, the employees working in Section 6(a) temples of Endowments Department were extended the pension and death-cum-retirement Gratuity benefits with effect from the year 1982 under the Revised Pension Rules, 1980. The grievance of the petitioner is that he retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.06.2007 and has been sanctioned pension and retirement benefits as applicable to the Government employees, but he has not been extended the benefit of commutation of pension as required under Revised Pension Rules, 1980, and in this regard, he relied on circular Memo No.B1/33991/2002, dated 03.07.2008, by the Commissioner of Endowments Department, whereunder it was clarified that the pension scheme includes commutation of pension to the entitlement of the member of service who is working against a substantive post sanctioned under the cadre strength by the competent authority and, therefore, there is no need of obtaining specific sanction from the Commissioner, Endowments Department, A.P., Hyderabad, for extension of pension commutation to the eligible retired employees working in institutions/Endowments/Mutts covered under the pension scheme. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri V.T.M.Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for Endowments appearing for respondent No.3. Admittedly, the petitioner comes under the purview of pension scheme, but the benefit of commutation of pension, to which he is entitled, has not been extended to him. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions made on either side, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents to consider extending the benefit of commutation of pension to the petitioner as per G.O.Ms.No.680, dated 15.07.1987, and the clarification issued by the Commissioner, Endowments Department, vide circular memo dated 03.07.2008, and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 06.07.2010 v v