employment, the employer will loss disciplinary control over the employee and the legal relationship of employer and employee will come to an end. But under Rule 3 of part III of the Kerala Service Rules (KSR) the employer may retain some authority to deal with the erstwhile employees to the extent of withholding pension, either totally or partially, on a permanent basis or for a specified period. Evaluating Rule 3, the Division Bench observed that, such contingencies are either when the erstwhile employee is found guilty in a departmental proceeding of grave misconduct or when such findings are recorded in a judicial proceedings. Referring to Sub Rule (a) of Rule 3 it was observed that, the Rule authorises continuation of a pending departmental proceedings, even after retirement of an employee, against whom the proceedings was initiated while he was in service. On the facts of the case this court found that, it is open to the 1st respondent to conclude the enquiry for the limited purpose of deciding the question regarding withholding of pension either totally or partially. In Ext.P14 this court observed that, pension is only an amount payable to the erstwhile employee for
