People Ex Rel. Anastasia v. Civil Service Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment construing the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code with respect to the election of a policeman receiving disability payments to retire from the force and receive a regular pension in lieu of his disability pension. The lower court determined that, in the event the plaintiff makes the election, his regular pension is “* * * to be 50% of the salary attached to the rank of patrolman held by him * * * for one year immediately prior to his retirement * *

The plaintiff, Anthony Anatasia,…