Supreme Court Judgement: Withholding of Pension or Gratuity C.A. No.6770/2013 @ SLP (C) No. 1427 of 2009 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6770 OF 2013 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1427 of 2009) State of Jharkhand & Ors. ….. Appellant(s) Vs. Jitendra Kumar Srivastava & Anr. …..Respondent(s) WITH C.A. No. 6771/2013 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 1428 of 2009) JUDGMENT A.K. Sikri, J 1.Leave granted. 2. Crisp and short question which arises for consideration in these cases is as to whether, in the absence of any provision in the Pension Rules, the State Government can withhold a part of pension and/or gratuity during the pendency of departmental/ criminal proceedings? The High Court has – answered this question, vide the impugned judgment, in the negative and hence directed the appellant to release the withheld dues to the respondent. Not happy with this outcome, the State of Jharkh...

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Implementation of Reservation in Promotion for Employees Posted On: 26 JUL 2018 1:55PM by PIB Delhi The Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.30621/2011 has passed the following order on 17.5.2018:- “It is directed that the pendency of this Special Leave Petition shall not stand in the way of Union of India taking steps for the purpose of promotion from ‘reserved to reserved’ and ‘unreserved to unreserved’ and also in the matter of promotion on merits..”. Further, in the matter related to Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.31288/2017 connected to Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No.28306/2017, the Supreme Court held as under on 05.06.2018:- “Heard learned counsel for the parties, Learned ASG has referred to order dated 17.05.2018 in SLP(C) No.30621/2011. It is made clear that the Union of India is not debarred from making promotions in accordance with law, subject to further orders, pending further consider...