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state fire aid based on Plaintiffs' receipt of pension credit through both PERA and the Hastings Relief Association. 4. Plaintiffs are not entitled to injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus. In addition to a declaratoty judgment, Plaintiffs ask the Court to permanently enjoin the State Defendants from withholding state fire aid because of Plaintiffs' receipt of relief association pension credit. Plaintiffs also seek a writ of mandamus compelling the State Auditor to accept amended annual reports from the Hastings Relief Association that credit the individual Plaintiffs for their volunteer service from 1990 to 1997. Plaintiffs ha�e failed to demonstrate that either of these e�traordinary remedies is necessary under the facts of this case. A permanent injunction is appropriate where the moving party has demonstrated that a right has been violated, the a�ailable legal remedies are inadequate and irreparable harm will occur in the absence of injunctive relief. Cheme Industrial, Inc. v. Grounds & Associates, Inc., 278 N.W.2d 8 1, 92 (Minn. 1979); Matter of Minneapolis Community Development Agency v. The Itasca Co., 403 N.�V.2d 310, 313 (Minn. App. 1957). Mandamus is also an e�traordinary remedy awarded only when equity requires such relief. Covle v. City of Delano, 526 N.W.2d 205, 207 (Minn. App. 1995). To obtain a writ of mandamus the requesting party must demonstrate: "( 1) the failure of an official duty clearly imposed by law; (2) a public wrong specifically injurious to petitioner; and (3) no other adequate legal remedy." Id.; citing State ex rzl Coduti v. Hauser, 219 Minn. 297, 302 � 7�(. W.2d �0=1, 507 (1945); Minn. Stat. � 586.01. The duty must be a plain duty of the official sought to compel performance. State ex rel Evens v. City of Duluth, 195 Minn. 563, 565, 262 N.W. 68 1, 682 (1935). 14