Maillet v. Board of Trustees, Teachers' Retirement System

' ON REHEARING

En Banc.

HOOD, Judge.

We granted a rehearing in this case to reconsider the question of whether the optional selection made by the decedent in his application for retirement became effective before his death.

The pertinent facts, as set out in our original opinion, are that Mr. Maillet applied to defendant for disability retirement under the Louisiana Teachers’ Retirement System on December 21, 1962. In his application, Maillet selected Option 2, as provided in LSA-R.S. 17:641, and he requested that the retirement allowance become effective at the earliest possible date. On January…