Case of Kadirkhan Ahmedkhan Pathan vs Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation, SC Judgement Dated 6th January 2026. The apex court held that a public sector enterprise cannot initiate or continue disciplinary proceedings against a retired employee unless its governing rules expressly enable such action. Even if the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules were applicable, mandating prior government sanction for each specific post-retirement proceeding, the argument that a general 1990 approval of its regulations counted as ‘general sanction’ was rejected. The court quashed all departmental proceedings against the appellant.