Hand Book of Administrative and Disciplinary Powers by Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan

Employee against whom disciplinary action had been taken could urge that show-cause notice was not issued by the competent authority

Chairman of the Bank was competent to promote all employees except officers from the post of Senior Grade Officers to Executive Directors and Executive Directors to Senior Executive Directors

Chairman, therefore, was not competent to promote or to redesignate an employee, from Executive Director to Senior Executive Director and such officer who was not promoted or designated as authorised officer by competent authority was not authorised to issue show-cause notice to any other employee of the Bank

De facto doctrine which provided that the defective appointment .of a Judge or of any other officer could not be permitted to be questioned in a litigation between two private litigants was not applicable to such a case.