Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: Rules 6

JUDGMENT SHEET ARBAB MUHAMMAD TAHIR, J.:- Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner impugns recommendations of his supersession by the Central Selection Board-CSB, contained in the Minutes of the meeting held from 20th to 30th September, 2021 which read as under:- “The Board deliberated upon the service profile, TERs/PERs and general perception of the officer regarding professional conduct, integrity and other attributes mentioned in the Objective Assessment Form. The Board noted that the officer has obtained low scores in both the mandatory trainings. The Board noted that his TER for MCMC depicts that he was rated low by his peers as a “leader” and as a “professional” and his promotion potential was assessed as “Good” against the better available option of “Very Good”. The Board noted that his TER for SMC evaluates him as Average and depicts that his peers ranked him in the last tier of the class in all three assessed facets of personality and that his promotion potential was assessed as “Limited” against the better available options of “Good” and “Very Good”.   The Board observed that he is reputed to be officer of average competent and peccable integrity, which is in sync with low score on quantified performance. The Board apprehended that officers of such average competence and questionable integrity if promoted would not be able to serve the interest of the state.”   In-brief, the petitioner with seniority position No.2, was considered for promotion to BS-20 by the CSB in its meeting held on 20th to 30th September, 2021 and recommended for supersession in terms of Rule 8(a) of the Rules, 2019 as he failed to meet the required threshold of 70 marks. The documents, made available on file, reflect that the petitioner had the score of 54.89 in terms of PER and training while the CSB awarded 12 marks out of 30 which raised total up to 66.89 out of 100, deficient by 3.11 to 70 marks, the required threshold.  According to the learned counsel, the assessment of the CSB with regard to integrity of the petitioner is in complete conflict with…