1. ABDUS SATTAR, J.-The petitioner who retired from Govern--ment service as Deputy Inspector- General of Police filed a suit against the respondents for damages on the ground, inter alia that he had been evicted by them illegally from room No. 2 of the 48, Provincial Circuit House in respect of which he was an allottee. The eviction took place when he was on leave preparatory to retirement.
2. We grant leave to consider the question whether a Govern--ment servant who takes leave preparatory to retirement and hands over charge in this connection on a particular date is said to have retired from service from that date within the meaning of section 4 of the East Bengal Government Lands and Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Act, 1952.
3. Security-Rs. 1,000.00.