NINETY-TWO retirees have dragged the Lusaka City Council to the High Court, demanding re-computation of their terminal benefits. Davies Bwalya and 91 others are seeking an order compelling the council to recalculate their terminal benefits based on gross salaries and not basic salaries. In a statement of claim, Bwalya and the others stated that they were duly retired from the local government service on various dates upon reaching the statutory retirement age. However, they alleged that the defendant removed them from the payroll before all their terminal benefits were paid. “The plaintiffs will say that they were duly retired from the local government service on various dates upon reaching statutory retirement age. The plaintiffs will further say that the defendant...