1998 PLP 1098 (SCMR)
MUHAMMAD MUJEEB AHSAN‑‑‑Petitioner Versus SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION and others‑‑‑Respondents
| Citation | 1998 PLP 1098 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Bench Members | Saleem Akhtar, Mamoon Kazi and Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri, JJ |
| Parties | MUHAMMAD MUJEEB AHSAN‑‑‑Petitioner Versus SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION and others‑‑‑Respondents |
| Primary Law | Constitution of Pakistan (1973)‑‑‑ |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 1998 PLP 1098 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Constitution of Pakistan (1973)‑‑‑ as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1998 PLP 1098 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising: Saleem Akhtar, Mamoon Kazi and Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Nemo for Respondents.
- Date of hearing: 4th June, 1995.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the judgment of the Federal Service Tribunal dated 11‑10‑1994 passed in Appeal No. 373‑R of 1994). ‑‑‑‑Art. 212(3)‑‑‑Seniority‑‑‑Leave to appeal was granted to examine whether a civil servant was entitled to the ante‑date seniority from the date his juniors and batchmates had been promoted after the Service Tribunal had declared him entitled to promotion. Petitioner in person.
Judgment & Decree
MUHAMMAD BASHIR JEHANGIRI, J.
Muhammad Mujeeb Ahsan, petitioner, seeks leave to appeal against the judgment of the Federal Service Tribunal dated 11-10-1994 whereby his claim to promotion in BPS-18 with effect from 15-6-1991 instead of 3-12-1992 was not maintained.
2. The petitioner joined Pakistan Ordnance Factories on 3-8-1982 as Assistant Works Manager/Chemical, P.O.F., Havelian, in BPS-17. Being aggrieved of the order dated 15-6-1991 ignoring him from promotion to BPS-18 the petitioner after exhausting the departmental remedy filed an appeal on 28-10-1991 before the Federal Service Tribunal seeking a direction to the Chairman, P.O.F. Board for considering him "for promotion to the post of Works Manager/Chemical according to his eligibility and seniority with effect from the date his juniors and batchmates were promoted".
3. The Service Tribunal after hearing the parties "accepted the appeal with the direction that the appellant may be considered for promotion by the Department following the Promotion Rules as faithfully as the spirit of rules requires of a good citizen". In consequence, the petitioner was promoted to the post of Works Manager/Chemical in BPS-18 with effect from 3-12-1992, instead of 15-6-1991. Feeling still dissatisfied, the petitioner filed an appeal, out of which this petition has arisen, for a direction to notify his promotion in BPS-18 with effect from 15-6-1991, the date on which his batchmates and juniors had been promoted. The learned Service Tribunal vide impugned judgment dismissed the appeal in limine.
4. The petitioner appeared in person and contended that the learned Service Tribunal has committed a material irregularity by holding that he had been duly considered by the D.P.C. and having been promoted to BPS-18 his grievance had been redressed in terms of its judgment dated 6-5-1992.
5. Leave to appeal is granted to examine whether a civil servant is entitled to the ante-date seniority from the date his juniors and batchmates had been promoted after the Federal Service Tribunal had declared him entitled to promotion? M.B.A./M-90/S Leave granted.