Geller v. Department of the Treasury

*593The opinion of the court was delivered by

Ekancis, J.

Plaintiff Harriet B. Geller, a teacher in the Newark public school system, challenged a decision of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Eund which held that she had lost certain pension benefits by reason of her failure to terminate her maternity leave within a statutorily required period of two years. After hearing in the Division of Pensions the decision was affirmed, as it was again thereafter in an unreported opinion of the Appellate Division. We granted certification. 53 N. J. 64 (1968).

Plaintiff became a school…