Shaikh MUHAMMAD RAMZANI vs PAKISTAN WESTERN RAILWAY AND 6 OTHERS — 1971 PLD 654

Citation: 1971 PLD 654

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-18

Parties: Shaikh MUHAMMAD RAMZANI vs PAKISTAN WESTERN RAILWAY AND 6 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 654

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri Title: Shaikh MUHAMMAD RAMZANI vs PAKISTAN WESTERN RAILWAY AND 6 OTHERS Case No.: Petition No, 511 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-12-18 Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 654 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER KHUDA BAKHSH MARRI, J.--This is a petition filed under Article 98 of the Constitution of 1962 read with Provisional Constitution Order of 1969, and seeks to quash and hold null and void and of without lawful authority orders of respondent No, 6 Works Manager, Diesel Locomotive Workshop, P. W. R. Cantt. Station, Karachi dated the 7th of February 1970 Exh. "X" and respondent No, 3 Divisional Personnel Officer, dated 21st of May 1970 Exh. "Z", by which, present petitioner was dismissed from service and his appeal rejected respectively. 2. Shortly the facts of the case are, that the petitioner was employed as a Clerk by Pakistan Western Railway in 1954 and at the time of his dismissal from service he was acting as Shed Clerk Grade II in Diesel Locomotive Workshop, Time Office, P. W. R., Karachi. 3. That in June 1968, Division all Accounts Officer informed Divisional Superintendent, Pakistan Western Railway that wages of certain staff in Locomotive Workshop, Karachi Cantt. were being charged under fictitious names and the said amount so charged was being misappropriated by the staff responsible for preparation of muster sheets. As a result a close scrutiny of muster sheets for months of…

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