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Petitioner: PROVINCE OF PUNJAB VS Respondent: Ch. WALI MUHAMMAD
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Shafi-ur-Rehman Title: PROVINCE OF PUNJAB vs Ch. WALI MUHAMMAD Case No.: Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 586 of 1982 Date of Judgment:1983-02-05 Reported As: 1983 SCMR 1103 Result: Leave granted
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.-Leave to appeal is granted in this service matter to consider the following two questions :- (a) Whether the Local Audit Departmental Rules, 1958 should not have governed the question as to who was the competent authority; and (b) Whether the civil suit remained at all competent, after the enactment,, of new service laws in 1973/1974 and what is the effect of provisions relating to abatement of similar matters together with the rule laid down by this Court in Federation of Pakistan v. Muhammad Siddiq; PLD1981SC249. Order accordingly. Appeal to be prepared on the present record with liberty to the parties to file additional documents, if necessary.