1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 795 OF 2005 AND MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.955 OF 2005 Shri Dr. M. N. Pal ... Applicant versus State of Goa through Chief Secretary and others. ... Respondents Mr. M. S. Sonak, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. S. S. Kantak, Advocate General with Ms. L. Dharwadkar, Additional Government Advocate for the Respondents. CORAM : D. D. SINHA & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 20TH DECEMBER, 2005. P.C.:- Heard Mr. M. S. Sonak, the learned Counsel for the Applicant and Mr. S. S. Kantak, the learned Advocate General for the Respondents. Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 795 of 2005 is 2 moved by the Applicant for direction to the Respondents to fix the interim pension on the basis of his retirement as a Professor to which he is otherwise eligible and entitled without prejudice to the rights and contentions in the Petition. The learned Advocate General states that the Petitioner retired as Professor and, therefore, without prejudice to the rights of the parties the interim pension of the Petitioner shall be fixed according to law and procedure applicable in this regard treating Petitioner as retired as Professor. In view of the above referred statement made by the learned Advocate General no specific direction for fixing the interim pension is necessary. However, we expect that the State should take decision in this regard within a period of six weeks from today. With these observations, Miscellaneous Civil Application is disposed of. N. A. BRITTO, J. D. D. SINHA, J. RD.