ORDER :

With consent of the parties, hearing of the matter has been done through video conferencing and there is no complaint whatsoever regarding audio and visual quality.

2. The instant intra-court appeal, preferred under clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the order/judgment dated 25.11.2013 passed by Learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (S) No. 7829 of 2012 whereby and whereunder order dated 01.07.2008, by which pension of the petitioner was withheld, has been quashed and set aside.

3. The brief facts of the case, as per pleadings made in the writ petition, which require to be enumerated reads as hereunder :

The petitioner retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.01.1998 from the post of Accountant from Palamau Treasury.

It is the case of writ petitioner that although after retirement, he was getting pension, but, since in a criminal case being R.C. Case No. 4(A) of 2001, he was convicted vide order dated 21.11.2005, against which, he preferred appeal being Criminal Appeal No. 1425 of 2005, his pension was withheld vide order date 01.07.2008.

Being aggrieved, the petitioner approached this Court invoking writ jurisdiction of this Court