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Petitioner: ABDUL RASHID VS Respondent: GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJABHonorable Justice ABDUL HAMID KHAN
1992 P L C (C
1992 P L C (C.S.) 512
[Service Tribunal Punjab]
Before Abdul Hamid Khan, Member
ABDUL RASHID
Versus
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Agriculture, Punjab
Appeal No. 845 of 1988, decided on 8th July, 1991.
(a) Civil service----
---- Adverse remarks ---Expunction of---In absence of any rule or regulation conferring authority on Minister to order expunction of adverse remarks against civil servant he was not competent or designated Authority for expunction of adverse remarks against civil servant.
(b) Civil service---
-- --Adverse remarks ---Expunction of---Adverse remarks earlier passed against civil servant, admittedly were expugned by Authorities concerned with direct order of Minister---Thus remarks that civil servant "used political pressure for expunction of adverse remarks" had fully been established as such did not deserve to be expugned---Authorities had produced sufficient evidence to' prove remarks relating to non-submission of required cost analysis reports by civil servant despite repeated directions of competent Authority which amounted to disobeying instructions of superiors---Adverse remarks against civil servant based on personal observation of Authority as well as on facts, could not be expunged.
Abdul Rauf v. Director, Local Government and Rural Development, Sargodha Division and another 1989 P L C (C.S.) 436 ref.
Muhammad Taqi for Appellant.
Syed Abbas Rana, D.A. for Respondents.
Date of hearing: 29th May, 1991.