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Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973) - --- S. 13 (ii)-Retirement after completion of 25 years' service qualifying for pension-Order challenged on grounds of mala fides-Mala fides attributed to one of Deputy Secretaries of Division not a Member of Committee consisting of a joint Secretary and two Deputy Secretaries and decision of retire­ment taken by such committee-Plea of mala fides not raised in Departmental appeal-Plea in circumstances, held, an afterthought and interference not within jurisdiction of Service Tribunal-­Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973) S. 4. read with Provisional Constitution Order, 1981 (P. O of 1981), Art. 13 (1). M. S. Siddiqi for Appellant. Date of hearing : 21st November, 1982. JUDGMENT JUSTICE SHAH ABDUR RASHID (CHAIRMAN).-This appeal has been preferred from order dated 30th July, 1982, and the appellate order dated 23rd August, 1982. By the first order, the competent authority retired the appellant from service after he had completed 25 years of service qualify­ing for pension and other benefits, while by the second order, his appeal was rejected. 2. This appeal is incompetent in view of the bar of jurisdiction placed by Article 13(1) of the Provisional Constitution Order, 1981, but the learned counsel for the appellant contends that the order of retire­ment had been passed mala fide and that such an order being a nullity in the eye of law, can be struck down by the Tribunal in spite of the bar which…

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