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Civil service-- --- Adverse remarks--"Unfit for promotion"--Adverse remark to be conveyed--"Not yet fit for promotion" however, in circumstances, held, not to be considered as adverse. Appellant in person. A.G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondent. JUDGMENT S. ABDUL JABBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN). --Muhammad Akram Alvi, Assistant Design Engineer, has filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, in which he has impleaded the Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Communication and Works Department, Lahore as respondent. 2. By virtue of this appeal he has prayed that the impugned adverse remarks be ordered to be expunged by the respondent and appeal be accepted. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant was given the following adverse entry in his A. C. R. for the period from 1-1-1982 to 29-8-1982:- "An average Officer. Too rigid in his working with his office fellows. " PART VI (b) Fitness for promotion: Not yet fit for promotion." He filed representation against the same which stood rejected vide Government of Punjab, Communication and Works Department's letter dated 28-5-1984. Hence this appeal. 4. We have heard the appellant in person as well as learned District Attorney assisted by the representative of the Department and have perused the entire record of this case with their assistance. 5. The appellant has submitted that it was the duty of the Reporting Officer first to counsel the appellant to improve certain aspects of his career and only if he had failed to do so then he could make adverse entry in his A. C. R. It has been further submitted that there was no justification with the Reporting Officer to justify his remarks, therefore, the same were liable to be expunged. According to the Appellant the remarks were based on mala fide and were recorded for punishing the appellant because of the personal grudge against him nursed due to a complaint by the appellant to the Chief Engineer which he made in the public interest. 6. On the other hand learned District Attorney has adopted the detailed justification given by Mr. Qamar-ur-Rehman, former Director, Building Research Station, Lahore, now Superintending Engineer,…

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