§ Mr. Lowasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why a man whose name has been given to him and who was an established Post Office official in Blackpool from 20th February, 1936, until 30th October, 1939, when he volunteered for service in the Army until his discharge on 20th May, 1942, with the rank of captain, is not allowed to count his Post Office service for superannuation purposes together with his service with the Ministry of Transport which he joined in June, 1942.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThis officer was an established civil servant in the Post Office and, like other civil servants liable for military service, was given special leave for service with the Armed Forces. On discharge from the Army he obtained temporary employment with the Ministry of Transport through the local office of the Ministry of Labour. He did not fulfil his obligation to return to the Post Office, nor inform them that he was seeking other employment; he also failed to inform the Ministry of Transport that he was a civil servant. In the circumstances he must be regarded as having resigned from the108W Postal Service, and under the long-standing rule in the Civil Service that a period of service ended by resignation cannot count for superannuation purposes, reckoning of his service with the Post Office could not be allowed.