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Martial Law Regulation [C. M. L. A. s 118 of 1972) Nationalization of Colleges-Person serving as Registrar prior to nationalisation and even not possessing basic qualifications, of Lecturer on date of nationalization-Claim for being appointed as Lecturer, held, rightly rejected.                                                                                                                                JUDGMENT M. SALEEM CHAUDHRY (CHAIRMAN).--This appeal is directed against the order of Secretary, Education Department dated 13th March, 1980, informing the appellant that his request for appointment as Lecturer in N.P.S. 17 could not be accepted. Briefly the facts of the case are that the appellant before nationalization was appointed as Registrar by the private management of the F. C. College, Lahore. After nationalization of the college under M. L. R. 118 on 1st September, 1972 the appellant has been asserting his claim that his services should be nationlised as Lecturer and also that he was entitled to be fixed in N. P. S. 17. In this regard he produced before us a letter of the Principal, F. C. College dated 27th May, 1976 in which he recommended to the Government that the appellant could be adjusted as Lecturer in place of one Walter John Yuhanna who was on deputation to the Nigerian Government. Secondly letter dated 20th September, 1971 by Principal, F.C. College was also relied upon in which the Principal had regretted that the remarks about the appellant that "he is not on the teaching staff" were improper and that the appellant had been teaching up to M. A. level since 1971. 2. Mr. M. R. Malik, the learned Advocate appearing for the appel lant, vehemently contended that the appellant should be treated to have been appointed as Lecturer and in fact he had been performing the func tions of Lecturer eversince 1971. Thus the impugned…