BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE PENSION FUND v. Washburn

Plaintiff, board of trustees (board), prevailed in an action for declaratory judgment against defendant Washburn, Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, seeking a determination that defendant did not have authority to review individual board decisions or to order the board to comply with the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. IO8V2, par. 1 — 101 et seq.). Defendant appeals.

The instant case stems from plaintiff’s refusal to award a fund beneficiary, Milan Plavsic, benefits to which he alleges he was entitled, totaling $32,314.61. Plavsic, a member of…