MUHAMMAD ANWAR vs COLLECTOR, JHANG AND OTHERS — 1971 PLC 182

Citation: 1971 PLC 182

Court: Civil Services Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-01-21

Parties: MUHAMMAD ANWAR vs COLLECTOR, JHANG AND OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 182

Judgment Text

Court Name: Civil Services Tribunal Judge(s): S. A. Mahmood, Ashfaq Ali Khan, Bashir Ahmad Khan Title: MUHAMMAD ANWAR vs COLLECTOR, JHANG AND OTHERS Case No.: Case No. 623 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-01-21 Reported As: 1971 PLC 182 [C.S.T.] Result: appeals failed Judgment ORDER S. A. MAHMOOD (CHAIRMAN).-This is an appeal by Mr. Muhammad Anwar appellant, purporting to be under section 4 read with section 9 of the Punjab Civil Services (Appellate Tribunals) Ordinance, 1970, praying that he may be declared senior to respondents 4 to 16, that his name may be ordered to appear in the list of Patwaris at the correct place, and that the order of the Collector by which the appellant was reverted on 31-12-69 be declared as illegal, ultra vires and of no legal effect. The appellant was a Patwari candidate and was appointed to a vacancy out of a turn in 1965. When some retrenchments were to take place, the Collector ordered that persons, who were junior or had been appointed out of turn, should be reverted and the appellant along with two others was reverted. He appealed against the order of reversion to the Commissioner and the Board of Revenue. Both these appeals failed. The finding of the Board of Revenue was that the objections to the order of Commissioner were highly technical, and that the order of reversion was eminently equitable anal just. It is obvious that this appeal is not competent under the Punjab Civil Services (Appellate Tribunals) Ordinance, 1970, as the appellant…

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