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Punjab Service Tribunals Act (IX of 1974)---- -- S. 4 read with West Pakistan Education Service Class II (Admn. Branch) (Women Section), Rules, 1965, r. 6 and Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974), S. 8-Appeal before Tribunal­ Limitation-Senior English Teacher promoted to N.P.S. 17 on 31st May, 1977 as Headmistress without considering merits of 240 seniors-Case subsequently scrutinised by Departmental Promotion Committee under M L I-21 and on its recommendation reverted to original grade--Contention that promotion having been made in prescribed manner reversion order was void ab initio hence question of limitation was not applicable-Appeal before Tribunal filed more than 6 years after date of impugned order and time spent in repeated representations against orders of Governor and then in writ petition before High Court-Impugned order having been passed by Governor no representation against same admissible-Repeated representations, therefore, held, could not keep limitation alive-Resort to wrong forum on plea of ignorance of law, held, could not extend limitation-Impugned order having been passed by competent authority on recommenda­tions of Departmental Promotion Committee for justified reasons, plea that impugned order was void ab initio, in circumstances, rejected and appeal dismissed as time-barred. Safdar Hussain v. Government of the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department 1984 P L C 271 ; 1980 P L C 32 and P L D 1978 Lah. ,1355 ref. Riaz Anwar for Appellant. A. G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondents. JUDGMENT S. ABDUL JABBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN).-Mrs. Naheed Anjum Sheikh has filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, in which she has impleaded the Government of the Punjab through Secretary Education and the Director Public Instructions, Punjab, Lahore as respondents. 2. By virtue of this appeal she has prayed that the notification, dated 3rd September, 1977 passed by the Governor of the Punjab, be set aside as being illegal and her earlier promotion be maintained. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant was inducted into service as Senior English Teacher in 1967. She continued working as such uptil 1977, when…

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