Law: Contract Act (IX of 1872)

Section: 31,32

ORDER

Briefly the facts, forming factual canvass of this petition, are that the petitioner, while serving as Officer Grade-I in National Bank of Pakistan (the Bank), was posted as Member Financial Crimes Investigation Wing, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab, Lahore, on secondment/attachment basis, pursuant to the approval by the President of the Bank through communication, dated 02.01.2006. The petitioner served NAB on deputation/ secondment basis till 28.12.2012. During his posting in NAB, the petitioner’s performance was gauged as outstanding while recording remarks in his Annual Performance Appraisal (APA)

In view of his satisfactory performance in NAB, he was promoted as Assistant Vice President (AVP), on 01.01.2009. His further promotion against the post of Vice President was due on 01.01.2012 but he was not promoted due to lack of required threshold in the APAs. Being aggrieved of non- consideration of evaluation done by NAB authorities in his APAs for the years 2007 to 2012 and non-promotion against the post of Vice President, the petitioner filed Writ Petition (No.5373 of 2016) before this Court which was disposed of through order, dated 05.07.2017. Though the petitioner was promoted against the post of Vice President but his other grievances were not redressed, as a result, he filed Writ Petitions (Nos.25596/2019, 24262/2020) in addition to Contempt Petition (Crl. Org. No.7647-W/2020) which were disposed of through orders, dated 13.10.2023, directing the petitioner to file representation before the President of the Bank, agitating all his left out grievances. Pursuant to orders passed by this Court, the petitioner filed representation, on 23.10.2023, before the President of the Bank agitating multiple grievances. The President of the Bank rejected the same factum whereof was conveyed to the petitioner, through letter, dated 09.01.2024; hence this petition.