1989SCMR1418 (PLP)
GHULAM SHABBIR‑‑Petitioner Versus DISTRICT FOOD CONTROLLER and others‑‑Respondents
| Citation | 1989SCMR1418 (PLP) |
| Forum / Court | High Court |
| Bench Members | Ghulam Mujaddid and Saad Saood Jan, JJ |
| Parties | GHULAM SHABBIR‑‑Petitioner Versus DISTRICT FOOD CONTROLLER and others‑‑Respondents |
| Primary Law | Civil service |
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This judgment primarily cites: Civil service as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1989SCMR1418 (PLP)?
The case was heard and decided by the High Court bench comprising: Ghulam Mujaddid and Saad Saood Jan, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Sh. Salahuddin, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioner.
- Nemo for Respondents.
- Date of hearing: 20th February, 1989.
Headnotes / Summary
(From the judgment of the Punjab Service Tribunal dated 26‑10‑1988 in Appeal No.506 of 1988). ‑‑‑Dismissal‑‑Civil servant, a Chaukidar, was posted at a godown when Bardana was stolen therefrom‑‑Disciplinary action was taken against civil servant and after all essential legal formalities had been complied with, Enquiry Officer found that he was not present at the godown on the date the theft was committed, otherwise theft would not have taken place‑‑Service Tribunal had taken all these facts into consideration while dismissing appeal by the Chaukidar‑‑Contention of civil servant that safety measures were unsatisfactory and there was no proper arrangement of electricity thus he was not to be blamed for the theft‑‑Contention being devoid of force and no error of law or otherwise having been pointed out in the order of the Service Tribunal, Supreme Court declined interference.
Judgment & Decree
GHULAM MUJADDID, J.‑‑Ghulam Shabbir son of Ghulam Hussain, resident of Kaloorkot, Ex‑Chaukidar P.R. Centre, Kaloorkot District Bhakkar seeks leave to appeal against the judgment of the Punjab Service Tribunal dated 26‑10‑1988 whereby the appeal filed by him against his dismissal from service was dismissed. Allegation against the petitioner was that he being a Chaukidar in the Food Department was posted at Kaloorkot P.R. Centre in the year 1985 when Bardana valuing .Rs.60,000 was stolen from the godown. Disciplinary action was taken against him and after all the essential legal formalities had been complied with the Enquiry Officer found that he was not present on the date the theft was committed otherwise the theft would not have taken. place. He reported as under:‑ All these facts were taken into consideration by the Tribunal while dismissing the appeal. Learned counsel appearing in support of this petition submitted that the safety measures were unsatisfactory. There was no proper arrangement of electricity. The petitioner as such was not to be blamed. The contention is devoid of force. The counsel has not been able to point out any error of law or otherwise in the impugned judgment nor there is any question of public importance to be examined by this Court. Dismissed. M.B.A./G‑179/S Petition dismissed.