NAZIR AHMAD vs THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH ITS — 1972 PLC 539

Citation: 1972 PLC 539

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: NAZIR AHMAD vs THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH ITS JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1972 PLC 539

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Karam Elahi Chauhan Title:NAZIR AHMAD vs THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH ITS JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 PLC 539 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT The petitioner who was a Foot Constable in the Punjab Police was involved in a trap case for accepting certain illegal gratification and consequently departmental proceedings were initiated against him. A formal charge-sheet was issued to him to which he submitted a reply denying his guilt. An Inquiry Officer was appointed who compiled his report on 27-6-1964. Thereafter a formal stow-cause notice was issued to him on 25-7-1964 and to was provided with a copy of the inquiry report. The petitioner filed his reply but not being satisfied with his explanation the S. S. P., Lahore., on 19-9-1964, dismissed him from service. The petitioner was personally heard by him. The petitioner filed an appeal but without any success as the same was dismissed by the D. I.-G., Police on 19-12-1964. The petitioner filed a revision which also met the same fate and was dismissed on 27-11-1966. The petitioner then filed a mercy petition which to brought no fruit and was rejected on 12-7-67. After exhausting all these departmental remedies the petitioner filed the present writ petition in this Court on 16-1-1968 challenging the aforesaid proceedings and orders. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that in charge-sheet issued to the petitioner the provisional penalty indicated was that…

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