The plaintiff’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 34 Conn. App. 510 (AC 12483), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court improperly conclude that as a matter of law, ‘Connecticut State Service’ as used in § 5-173 of the General Statutes is limited to actual state service and does not include prior municipal service that is expressly deemed to be state service under § 5-192b (b)?”