Agha RASHID AHMAD KHAN vs THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, PUNJAB — 1971 PLC 193

Citation: 1971 PLC 193

Court: Civil Services Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-18

Parties: Agha RASHID AHMAD KHAN vs THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 193

Judgment Text

Court Name: Civil Services Tribunal Judge(s): S. A. Mahmood, Ashfaq Ali Khan, Bashir Ahmad Khan Title:Agha RASHID AHMAD KHAN vs THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL Case No.: Case No. 110 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-06-18 Reported As: 1971 PLC 193 [C.S.T.] Result: appeal is dismissed Judgment ORDER S. A. MAHMOOD (CHAIRMAN).-Agha Rashid Ahmad Khan appellant was appointed as Junior Clerk on 15-4-47 in the Directorate of Agriculture against a permanent vacancy, but as he was appointed against a war reserved vacancy, his assumed date of appointment came to 1-6-41. On 31-L-48, Mr. A. G. Sadik, Director of Agriculture, ordered promotions of certain officers as Head Assistant and officiating Assistants and confir--mation of Junior Clerks and to this order he appended the following note:-- "I have considered the qualifications and fitness of Agha Rashid Ahmad Khan for promotion and consider that seniority alone not being the only criterion, which in his case has accrued through the war service and he not being experienced enough otherwise cannot be considered for premature promotion consequential to Partition. This, however, does .not mean that he has been debarred or ignored from consideration at some future date. The appellant feels aggrieved by the above order. He claims that he should have been promoted as Assistant in preference to Mr. A. H. Ansari. He has been making representations but has had no relief. His representation dated 12th September 1958 was rejected…

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