Over 30 years of retirement, Hegde would collect as much as $557,899, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Hegde received $11,726 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hegde will have already received $36,244 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.