Buchan v. Commonwealth, State Employees Retirement Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

• The petitioner, a retired Commonwealth employee, seeks review of an order of the Pennsylvania State Employes’ Retirement Board refusing .the prayer of her petition to change her election of a retirement benefit plan.

In anticipation of her retirement from State .service, the petitioner submitted an application for retirement allowance and formally .selected the full retirement pension plan. The full retirement pension plan provides for the return to the retiree of her contributions to the retirement system in a lump sum and the payment of the maximum available annuity…