1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.5836 OF 2007 (R.B.I.O.E.R.S. Pensioners Forum and others vs. The Governor, R.B.I. and others) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : JANUARY 9, 2008 Heard Shri Bhoot, learned Counsel for the petitioners. In the present petition, petitioners are seeking direction to the respondents to grant special compensatory allowance as per settlement dated 31.5.2004. We have considered the contentions of the learned Counsel for the petitioners and perused clause (4) of the settlement, which reads thus : “All full time regular employees in Class IV, who are in the service of the Bank as on the date of signing of this Settlement will be granted Special Compensatory Allowance as indicated hereunder, with effect from 1st October 2 2001.” It is not in dispute that petitioners were not in employment on the date of signing of the Settlement. In that view of the matter, benefit which is provided in above referred Clause 4 of the Settlement cannot be extended to the petitioners. The petition suffers from lack of merit and hence, same is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE khj