Srinagar, Dec. 27 -- The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that prior sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) law is required only while a public servant remains in service and not after retirement or demitting office. Justice Sanjay Dhar made this observation while dismissing a petition filed by Ghulam Rasool Baba, a former Accounts Officer in the office of the Director, Health Services, Kashmir, who had challenged corruption proceedings initiated against him. The Court clarified that protection under Section 19 of the PC Act, which corresponds to Section 6 of the J&K PC Act, ceases once a public servant retires.The petition arose from an FIR registered by the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir concer...