IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12238 of 2003 MD.ILIAS, son of late Barhu Hussain at present residing at Mohalla- Mahalpar Biharsharif, P.S. Biharsharif, District- Nalanda. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Education Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, new Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Director, Secondary Education, Human Resources Development Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Director, Primary Education, human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Accountant General , Bihar, Patna. 5. District Education Officer, Sheikhpura. 6. District Superintendent of Education Nalanda, Biharsharif. .. Respondents. ----------- 5. 24.09.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State and the Accountant General are present. The petitioner in this writ application while assailing the impugned order dated 31.8.2001 refusing to take into account the alleged services rendered by him for the period 27.3.1953 to 6.7.1963 as one qualifying for pension has basically asserted on the aspect that in the said period he was working as a teacher in different middle schools and as such the said period should also be clubbed towards the services rendered by the petitioner in National High School, Shekhana, Biharsharif. In the opinion of this Court, grant of pension and computation of qualifying pension has to be in terms 2 of the government decision and therefore when a categorical finding has been recorded by the authority that in between 27.3.1953 to 6.7.1963 the petitioner was working either in unrecognized school or the school under the control of Zila Parisad, he cannot claim the benefit of continuous service for the purpose of payment of pension. In this context, the authorities had counted the service of the petitioner from 1.1.1964 onwards and have also allowed pension by computing the qualifying service for the period upto 31.1.1996. Such decision of the respondents do not suffer from any error specially when there is also no statutory provision referred to in the pleading of the writ application for tagging with the earlier service rendered by the petitioner in the unrecognized private schools. That being so, this court would not find any merit in this writ application and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)