' SAAD SAOOD JAN, J.---The petitioner was Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Society at Rajanpur. On 14-1-1982, he retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation. After his retirement, it was found that he was involved in a number of irregularities while holding the office of Assistant Registrar. Consequently, action was taken against him under Rule 1.8 of the West Pakistan Civil Service Pension Rules, 1963 and a charge-sheet was served upon him in December, 1982. A regular departmental inquiry was held as a result of which his pension to the extent of 50% was withheld.
After his departmental appeal failed, he filed an appeal before the Punjab Service Tribunal. His appeal was dismissed by the learned Tribunal. He now seeks leave to appeal from this Court.
2. It is not disputed by the learned counsel that on account of misconduct disciplinary proceedings leading to withholding of whole or part of pension could be taken against a civil servant even after he had retired from service. The Department framed 6 charges against him. The Inquiry Officer found 5 of these to have been established. These were; inefficiency in the discharge of official duties, registration of bogus/fictitious societies without proper scrutiny, fixation/enhancement of M.C.Ls of Societies deliberately in haphazard manner with ulterior motive, failure to conduct scrutiny of societies prior to the advancement of loans and misuse of official position in violation of service conduct rule, leading to misappropriation of crop loans amounting to about a million of rupees in Rabi 1981-82 drawn from the Punjab Provincial Co-operative Bank Ltd., Rajanpur.
3. The learned counsel contended that on the evidence on record none of these allegations could be said to have been established. The question whether there was sufficient evidence to support the charges against the petitioner was one of fact and we are not persuaded that the said charges were without any foundation. No substantial question of law of public importance arises in this case. The petition is dismissed.