No work no pay applies after acquittal, and the non-service period cannot be counted toward pensionary qualifying service.

An acquittal after conviction does not automatically revive an employee's entitlement to salary for a period when no actual service was rendered, and the principle of no work no pay applies to the interregnum. The text further states that, where the employee did not work or offer to work during that period, it cannot be counted as qualifying service for pension if the requisite service length is otherwise not completed. On that basis, the claims for arrears of pay and pension were rejected.

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Issues: Whether an employee, dismissed from service on conviction and later acquitted, is entitled to arrears of pay for the period during which he did not actually work or offer to work, and whether that period can be counted to satisfy the qualifying service requirement for pension.

Analysis: The appellant remained absent from duty during the relevant period and did not render actual service. The subsequent acquittal did not, by itself, erase the service consequences of the earlier conviction so as to create an automatic entitlement to salary for the interregnum. The principle of no work no pay applied, and the materials did not show any admission of a right to wages for the absent period. Once that period was excluded, the appellant fell short of the requisite fifteen years of qualifying service for pension.

Conclusion: The claim for arrears of salary and pension was rejected.

Final Conclusion: The dismissal for conviction remained operative for the purpose of monetary and pensionary claims, and the appeal failed.

Ratio Decidendi: An acquittal after conviction does not automatically entitle a delinquent employee to salary for the period of non-service, and that period cannot be counted towards pension where actual qualifying service is not completed.

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