Pension Cut Quashed, Post-Retirement Proceedings Over Events More Than Four Years Old Declared “Stillborn”: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has quashed a departmental inquiry and an order deducting 75% of the pension of retired Bihar Administrative Service officer Umesh Kr. Verma, holding that the proceedings were barred by the statutory limitation period and suffered from serious procedural violations. Justice Kumar Manish delivered the judgment on October 9, 2026, in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10673 of 2018. Verma, who retired on December 31, 2014, had…