-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3755 OF 1990 Mukund Yeshwant Gokhale & Anr. : Petitioners V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents ... Ms Neeta Karnik for the petitioners. Mr.M.D.Naik, Asstt.Govt.Pleader for respondent nos.1 & 2. Mr.R.A.Rodriques with Mr.Phadnis for respondent no.3. ... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & S.A.BOBDE,JJ. DATE : JANUARY 24, 2008. P.C. 1. This petition has been filed in the year 1990 and is pending. The petitioners want that the benefit of the Government Resolution passed by the respondents should be extended to them. This Resolution was passed on 18.2.1988 and by this Resolution, the Government decided to extend the time limit of exercising option with regard to implementation of pension-cum-gratuity scheme. Earlier this scheme was promulgated by Government Resolution dated 21.7.1983. The petitioners at that point of time were in service. They did not exercise the option and when the time was extended on 18.2.1988, they had ceased to be in -: 2 :- service by having superannuated in the meantime. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in 1983, the petitioners did not exercise the option for pension as at that time, the employees were not given the benefit of commutation of pension and in 1988 when the time to exercise the option was extended, the benefit of commutation of pension was available. Therefore, the benefit granted in 1988 should be extended to them also. There is no question of granting any benefit to the petitioners by virtue of the Government Resolution passed on 18.2.1988 as admittedly, on that date, the petitioners were not in the service of the respondent no.3. As such, there is no merit in the petition which is dismissed. 2. The rule is discharged. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (S.A. BOBDE, J.)