Judgment : Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J. This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the judgment dated 17.5.2010, made by the learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP(T) No.2568/2008, titled Sh.Ramji Dass versus State of H.P. and others, whereby the writ petition came to be allowed and order dated 20th April, 2003 was quashed and the liberty was granted to the appellants herein to conduct fresh inquiry in terms of para 8 of the judgment, for short “the impugned judgment”, on the grounds taken in the memo of appeal. 2. The only apprehension of the appellants is that the writ petitioner-respondent herein has retired and that may not come in their way in conducting fresh inquiry against him. 3. It is settled law that inquiry initiated before the retirement of an employee, cannot be a ground to quash the proceedings or to drop the same after his retirement. 4. With these observations, the impugned judgment is upheld and the LPA is dismissed as such, alongwith pending applications, if any.