GUWAHATI, India, July 3 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on June 3:

1. Heard Mr. A. Dasgupta, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Ms. B. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. P.C. Goswami, learned counsel for all the respondents.

2. By instituting this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondent authorities to pay the retirement benefits like gratuity, pension, leave encashment, etc.

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that he initially joined as a Clerk in the UCO Bank on 29.11.1971. Thereafter, he was promoted to Junior Management Grade-I in 1980 and then, to the Middle Management Grade-II in the year 1997. While the petitioner was serving as the Middle Management...