Packler v. State Employes' Retirement Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Commonwealth Court sustaining preliminary objections of appellee, The State Employes’ Retirement Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and dismissing a complaint in mandamus filed by appellant, Louis Packler.

Appellant was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police from 1936 until his retirement in 1973. Prior to 1936, *53appellant had served four years with the Pennsylvania National Guard. In computing appellant’s years of service for retirement purposes, the Retirement Board did not include appellant’s four years of…