The pension of a retired High Court Judge is charged to the

The Constitution funds a High Court Judge's pay and pension from two different funds. A sitting judge's salary and allowances are charged to the Consolidated Fund of the concerned State under Article 202(3)(d), while the pension payable to any person who served as a High Court Judge is expressly charged to the Consolidated Fund of India under Article 112(3)(d)(iii) - centralising the pension liability at the Union level.

This question asks about the PENSION of a RETIRED judge, not the salary of a serving one. Since pension liability for every High Court judge is placed on the Union's Consolidated Fund, this charge does not fall on any state government's account, however many states the judge may have served across during a transferred career.

• Consolidated Fund of the different States where he has served - pension is not pooled or apportioned across the states a judge sat in; it is a single Union-level charge.

• Contingency Fund of India - reserved for unforeseen emergency expenditure pending Parliament's sanction, not for a routine periodic payment like pension.

• Consolidated Fund of State - this is where a SITTING judge's salary is charged, not where a RETIRED judge's pension is charged.

Hence, the pension of a retired High Court Judge is charged to the Consolidated Fund of India.