1999 PLP 1587 (SCMR)
CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE and 2 others — Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD SAEED ZAFAR and another — Respondents
| Citation | 1999 PLP 1587 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Bench Members | Irshad Hasan Khan and Ch. Muhammad Arif, JJ |
| Parties | CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE and 2 others — Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD SAEED ZAFAR and another — Respondents |
| Primary Law | Civil service |
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The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising: Irshad Hasan Khan and Ch. Muhammad Arif, JJ.
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Representation
- Ehsan Sabri, Assistant Advocate-General, Punjab instructed by Rao Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Advocate-on-Record (absent) for Petitioners
- Hafiz Tariq Nasim, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondents
- Date of hearing: 6th July, 1998.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the judgment dated 1-10-1997 passed by Federal Service Tribunal, Lahore in Appeal No.327-L/1997).
Adverse remarks recorded in Annual Confidential Report of civil servant, were communicated to him after lapse of about four and half months and Authority failed to explain each day's delay
Adverse remarks should be communicated to civil servant within reasonable period
In absence of any reasonable ' explanation for not communicating adverse remarks within the period, Service Tribunal was right in not upholding adverse remarks and expunging the same
Dispute-being related to on individual grievance involving no question of public importance, did not warrant interference by Supreme Court. Ch. Saeed Ahmed v. Federation of Pakistan and others 1996 SCMR 256 ref.
Judgment & Decree
IRSHAD HASAN KHAN, J.
This petition for leave to appeal is directed against the judgment dated 1-10-1997 passed by the Federal Service Tribunal, Lahore (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal), in Appeal No.327-L of 1997.
2. The dispute hereinrelates to expunction of adverse remarks recorded in' the Annual Confidential Report of respondent Muhammad Saeed Zafar, for the period from 1-1-1995 to 9-9-1995. It is an admitted fact that the countersigning officer recorded his remarks on 3-10-1996 and the same were communicated to the respondent on 16-2-1997 i.e. after a lapse of about 4-1/2 months. The representation filed by the respondent was not disposed of by the SGA&J Department. Consequently, the respondent approached the Tribunal at the expiry of the stipulated period of 90 days.
3. It is well-settled that adverse remarks should be communicated within reasonable period. Here there was unreasonable delay in communicating the adverse remarks to the respondent. The departmental authorities failed to explain each day delay before the Tribunal. There being no reasonable explanation for not communicating the adverse remarks within the prescribed period, the Tribunal was right in not upholding such remarks and expunged the same. The same view was taken by this Court in the case of Ch. Saeed Ahmed v. Federation of Pakistan and others (1996 SCMR 256). In any event, the dispute herein relates to an individual grievance and no question of law of public importance is involved warranting interference under Article 212(3) of the Constitution.
4. Resultantly, the petition fails and is hereby dismissed. Leave is refused. H.B.T./C-22/S Petition dismissed.