Sudhir Kumar Sinha v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
L.P.A. No.22 of 2024, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Sudhir Kumar Sinha v. The State of Jharkhand and others (Secretary and Under Secretary, Road Construction Department; Accountant General), decided 15.04.2025 by M.S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J. and Rajesh Shankar, J. Appeal against Single Judge's judgement dated 9.10.2023 in W.P. (S) No.6257 of 2022 dismissed, no costs. Withholding of 10% pension, gratuity and commutation of pension vide Memo No.1753(S) dated 13.05.2022 on the basis of Rule 43(c) of the Jharkhand Pension Rules (in effect from 23.07.2018) stands, as the pendency of a criminal case against the retiree as on his retirement date of 31.12.2021 was not disputed by the appellant's counsel.
What did the court decide?
Since the pendency of the criminal case against the petitioner as on the date of his retirement was not disputed by the counsel for the petitioner, it cannot be said that the learned Single Judge erred in dismissing the petitioner's writ petition.