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Petitioner: LUTFULLAH KHAN MAZARI VS Respondent: SOLICITOR TO GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB, LAHORE
1985 P L C (C
1985 P L C (C.S.) 329
[Service Tribunal Punjab]
Present: S. Abdul Jabbar Khan, Chairman, Abdul Hamid Chaudhry and Faiz Karim, Members
LUTFULLAH KHAN MAZARI
Versus
SOLICITOR TO GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB, LAHORE and another
Case No. 431/1919 of 1982, decided on 28th March, 1984.
Civil service‑‑
‑‑‑Adverse remarks in A.C.R. sought to be expunged‑‑Observations made by reporting officer based on good reasons‑‑Tribunal refused to interfere.
Pir Rafiuddin for Appellant.
A.G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondents.
JUDGMENT
S. ABDUL JABBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN).‑‑ Lutufullah Khan Mazari has filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, in which he has impleaded the Solicitor to Government of the Punjab, Lahore as well as Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Law Department, Lahore as respondents.
2. By virtue of this appeal he has prayed that the adverse remarks against the appellant recorded in his A.C.R. for the period from 1‑1‑1977 to 20‑6‑1977, by Mr. Salahuddin Zafar the then Solicitor Punjab, be expunged.
3. We have heard the learned counsel for the appellant as learned District Attorney assisted by the representative of Department and have taken into consideration the comments so the respondents in this behalf.
4. On examination of the record it is revealed that the appellant was considered "Below average. An officer with little sense More interested in the postings nearer home than performing his duty. We have fully examined the comments of the Reporting the same as fully justified. The fact of the matter is that the Officer found the appellant more interested in his posting nearer to his home than devotion to his work as Attorney. As the observations recorded against him are based on good reasons and hardly need any interference by this Tribunal.
5. In view of the above, we proceed to dismiss the appeal as being without any merit. There will be no order as to costs.
M. I. Appeal dismissed.