Dukes v. Board of Trustees for the Police Officers Pension Fund

Thompson, Justice.

In this action for mandamus, we hold that appellee Board of Trustees for the Police Officers Pension Fund (“board”) acted without *551legal authority in approving a pension which the board later rescinded. Thus, the board will not be estopped from reducing pension benefits it had been paying to appellant Reginal Dukes. We, therefore, affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the board.

Dukes began service with the City of Atlanta Police Department in 1979, and eventually attained the rank of sergeant. Prior to 1979, he had been employed by the DeKalb County…