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Petitioner: MUHAMMAD INAYAT GONDAL VS Respondent: REGISTRAR LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHOREHonorable Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa,M. Arif Raja
2013 S C M R 1107
[Supreme Court of Pakistan]
Present: Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, JJ
MUHAMMAD INAYAT GONDAL---Petitioner
Versus
REGISTRAR LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE and others---Respondents
Civil Petition No.244-L of 2013, decided on 7th March, 2013.
(Against the judgment dated 24-1-2013 passed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore in Objection Case No.6471 of 2013.)
Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal Act (XII of 1991)---
----S. 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Judicial officer dismissed from service---Appeal to Service Tribunal---Early hearing of Service Appeal sought by judicial officer---Non-interference by Supreme Court in administrative matters of High Court---Scope---Plea of judicial officer (petitioner) that he was facing grave hardship on account of his dismissal from service and his Service Appeal had not so far been heard by the Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal, therefore an appropriate observation might be made by the Supreme Court facilitating hearing of his appeal at an early date---Validity---Supreme Court was generally slow in interfering with the administrative matters of High Court---Supreme Court directed judicial officer to file an application before the Chief Justice of High Court for redressal of his grievance---Petition for leave to appeal was disposed of accordingly with the observation that if such an application was filed, the Supreme Court was sanguine that Chief Justice of High Court might consider passing an appropriate direction facilitating hearing of judicial officer's Service Appeal by the concerned Tribunal at its earliest convenience.
Petitioner in person.
M. Arif Raja, Additional Advocate-General, Punjab with Muhammad Akam, Deputy Registrar for Respondents.
Date of hearing: 7th March, 2013.
ORDER
ASIF SAEED KHAN KHOSA, J.---Instead of pressing this petition the petitioner appearing in person has submitted that he is facing grave hardship on account of dismissal from service and his Service Appeal No.11 of 2012 has not so far been heard by the Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal. He has prayed that an appropriate observation may be made by this Court facilitating hearing of his Service Appeal at an early date. This Court is generally slow in interfering with the administrative matters of a High Court and, thus, all that we can do for the petitioner at this stage is to direct the petitioner to file an application before the Hon'ble Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Lahore for redressal of his grievance and if such an application is filed then we are sanguine that the Hon'ble Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Lahore may consider passing an appropriate direction facilitating hearing of the petitioner's Service Appeal by the concerned Tribunal at its earliest convenience. This petition is disposed of with this observation.
MWA/M-33/SC Order accordingly.