WRIT - A No. 2420 of 2023 at Lucknow

A.F.R. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW Judgement reserved on September 15, 2025 Judgment delivered on September 25, 2025 WRIT - A No. - 2420 of 2023 Bhagwati Prasad .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Thru. Under Secy. , Ministry Of Finance Deptt. Of Revenue C.B.D.T. New Delhi .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Avinash Singh Vishen, Sajeet Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Devrishi Kumar Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. (Per : Rajan Roy, J.) 1. Heard Shri Avinash Singh Vishen, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Devrishi Kumar, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. By means of this petition challenge has been raised to a judgment and order dated 12.10.2022 rendered by Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow in Original Application No.332/00327/2021. 3. The petitioner herein had filed the aforesaid Original Application challenging an order dated 12.04.2021, whereby the President of India had ordered withholding of pension and gratuity payable to the applicant/ petitioner in its entirety. This decision was taken on the basis of petitioner's conviction on 26.04.2014 under Section 7 and 13(1)(d) read