Law:

Section:

Civil service-- --- Reversion from officiating promotion to substantive rank-No punishment-Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police officiating as Sub-­Inspector reverted to substantive rank as Assistant Sub-Inspector-­Order challenged on plea that since no proceedings were taken against him reversion order amounted to condemnation without hearing-.Contention rejected and reversion, in circumstances, held, was no punishment. Syed Rizwan Hussain for Appellant. Haroon-ur-Rashid Cheema, District Attorney for Respondents. JUDGMENT MALIK ZAWWAR HUSSAIN (MEMBER). -Sardar Ali, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, No. 232-L has filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, in which he has impleaded the Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, Lahore and the Deputy Inspector­-General of Police, Lahore Range, Lahore as respondents. By virtue of this appeal he has prayed that the impugned order dated 12-3-1979 passed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Lahore Range, Lahore whereby he was reverted from the rank of Officiating Sub-Inspector to that of Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police and the order of the respondent No. 1, dated 16-8-1979 be set aside and he be considered to be in continuance in service in the rank of Officiating Sub-Inspector with all rights of seniority etc. 2. Brief facts of the case are that while the appellant was posted as Officiating Sub-Inspector at Police Station Old Anarkali, Lahore, he was reverted vide order dated 12-3-1979 to the substantive rank of an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police. The appellant submitted a representation to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, which was rejected on 30-4-1979. He again filed a second representation to the Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, Lahore which was also rejected vide order dated 16-8-1979. Hence this appeal. 3. We have heard the parties. It has been argued on behalf of the appellant that the impugned order is illegal as no departmental proceedings were carried out against him before issuing the said order and .he has been condemned unheard. On the other hand it has been argued on behalf of the respondents that the final order impugned in the appeal is dated 16-8-1979…

Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/digixyei/sldsystempk.com/view/master-layout/view_case.php on line 492