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Petitioner: MUHAMMAD ARSHAD VS Respondent: ADDITIONAL INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, SPECIAL BRANCH, PUNJAB, LAHORE and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Falak Sher, Javaid Iqbal, Karamat Nazir Bhandari Title:MUHAMMAD ARSHAD vs ADDITIONAL INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, SPECIAL
BRANCH, PUNJAB, LAHORE and others Case No.: Civil Petition No,2034-L of 2000 Date of Judgment:2003-03-31 Reported As: 2004 PLC (C.S.) 1059 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER ' JAVED IQBAL, J.---Pursuant to disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner under the Punjab Police (Efficiency and Disciplinary) Rules, 1975 on- account of wilful absence amounting to misconduct the petitioner was dismissed from service. Being aggrieved an appeal was preferred before the D.I.G. Police which was rejected and revision petition was also dismissed by the I.G. Police. The petitioner approached the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore by way of appeal which has been dismissed vide judgment impugned, hence this petition. 2. Heard the petitioner at length who mainly contended that he was dismissed from service due to malice and animosity as he had refused to hand over the official motorcycle to Mr. Aftab Chauhan son of Deputy A Inspector General of Police. He however, could not substantiate the plea of malice or enmity by leading any evidence which otherwise does- not appeal to logic and reason. How a son of D.I.G. Police having plenty of conveyance at the exclusive disposal could make such a demand from the petitioner. The service record of the petitioner is highly depressive and his performance was never assessed satisfactory and upto the mark. The petitioner remained absent on 27 different occasions for 59 days and also earned 12 bad entries during his service of short tenure. The wilful absence amounting to misconduct being question of fact has rightly been determined by the department duly affirmed by learned Service Tribunal hardly warrants any interference. The petition being devoid of merit is rejected and leave refused.