Responding again to Mr Sudhakaran's latest query, Rule 31(5) only mentions the maximum period of five years for voluntary retirement, but does not give the exact scale of periods less than that. In order to determine what should be the range of periods less than 5 years, in my opinion, we need to go according to the conditions spelt out in Rule 27.
I will appreciate if any one can enlighten me if there is any
other way of determining the addition to qualifying service under Rule
31(5).
Greetings.
C H Mahadevan