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" MISUSE OF REMOVAL FROM SERVICE (SPECIAL, MISUSE OF REMOVAL FROM SERVICE (SPECIAL, POWERS) ORDINANCE, 2000   By   Ch. Bashir Ahmad, Advocate, High Court, Lahore   The Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000, as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance), was promulgated with the main object of good governance and for speedy disposal of disciplinary matters.   The Ordinance provides in section 3 that where, in the opinion of the competent authority, a person in Government or Corporation service is‑‑   (a) inefficient, or has ceased to be efficient for any reason;   (b) guilty of misconduct; or   (c) corrupt, or may reasonably be considered as corrupt, the competent authority, after inquiry by the Inquiry Officer/Inquiry Committee appointed under section 5, may by order in the official Gazette dismiss or remove such person from service, compulsorily retire from service or reduce him to lower post or pay scale, or impose one or more minor penalties as prescribed in the Government Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1973, provided that no such action shall be taken except after informing him of the reasons thereof and giving him an opportunity to show cause within 15 days as to why such action should not be taken against him. Under section 15 of the Ordinance, the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. The said rules have, not yet been made by the Federal Government.   As the rules envisaged under section 15 of the Ordinance have not been made by , the Federal Government, different Government departments/corporations are applying the provisions of the Ordinance in different manner…