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Petitioner: GHULAM MUHAMMAD VS Respondent: DISTRICT AND ,MUZAFFARGARH SESSIONS JUDGEHonorable Justice ABDUL HAMID KHAN
1992 P L C (C
1992 P L C (C.S.) 1057
[Service Tribunal Punjab]
Present: Muhammad Mehmud Aslam Pirzada, Chairman and Abdul Hamid Khan, Member
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
versus
DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH and 2 others
Appeal No. 977/284 of 1986, decided on 31st March, 1990.
Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974)---
----S. 12---Retirement after completion of 25 years' service---Entitlement to L.P.R.---Civil servant who was bailiff in Court was first sent on forced leave and then was finally retired from service after completion of 25 years of his service---Request of civil servant for encashment of his L.P.R. was turned down by District Accounts Officer on ground that according to Finance Department's letter dated 20-2-1985 entitlement of civil servant for encashment of L.P.R. was subject to completion of a minimum of 30 years of qualifying service whereas according to S.12 of Act (VIII of 1974) as it stood, before it was amended in 1987, civil servant who was retired under provisions of said Act, after completion of 25 years of service, not only was eligible for pension, but also was entitled to all other retirement benefits---Tribunal directed District Accounts Officer to admit, after due scrutiny, claim of civil servant for encashment of his L.P.R.
M.A. Riaz for Appellant.
A.G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondents.
Date of hearing: 12th March, 1990.