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Civil service­----- -- Province of West Pakistan Dissolution Order (I of 1970)-Seniority and consequential benefits to repatriates-Claim of seniority from` date of continuous appointment in grade-Seniority fixed from date on which next junior was promoted to equivalent rank. Masud Ahmad Riaz for Appellant. A. G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondents Nos. 1 to 3. Abdul Ghani for Respondent No. 5. Date of hearing : 30th October, 1983. JUDGMENT Salamat Ali Shah has made this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, wherein he has impleaded the Conservator of Forests (P & E), Central Zone, Punjab, 24, Cooper Road, Lahore the Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Civil Secretariat, Lahore, Additional Secretary, Government of the Punjab (Regulations), S. G. A & I Department, Civil Secretariat, Lahore, Messrs Muhammad Yousaf, Abdul Ghani, Behram Khan, Muhammad Saleem Anwar, Gulzar Muhammad, Muhammad Shafi, Manzoor Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Ayub, Fateh Ali, Muhammad Shafi and Abdul Hafeez as respondents. 2. By virtue of this appeal, the appellant has prayed that the impugned seniority list, dated 28th June, 1974 and the final order, dated 6th October, 1982 so far as these deny to the appellant the right of seniority from the date of his continuous appointment as Assistant from 22nd January, 1959 be set aside and the appellant be declared senior to the contesting respondents as Assistant as well as Superin­tendent. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant joined Forest Department as Junior Clerk on 15th October, 1949 and was confirmed as such in 1954. He was promoted as Senior Clerk w.e.f. 1st December, 1956 and was confirmed on 3rd September, 1957. The appellant was further promoted as Assistant w. e. f. 22nd January, 1959 and was confirmed on 7th June, 1963. The date of continuous appointment of the appellant as Assistant is 22nd January, 1959. Due to re-organization of the Punjab Forest Department in 1962 the Office of the Chief Conservator of Forests, West Pakistan was abolished and regions were created w. e. f. 7th June, 1962. As a result of said re-organization the…

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