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Constitution oaf Pakistan (1973)-- ---Art. 199--Bank employee--Allegation of negligence- -Enquiry Officer recommended penalty of stoppage of increment for one year with a letter of warning--Competent Authority terminated services of employee--Held, competent authority could take final decision and was not bound by recommendation of Enquiry Officer. M. Anwar Sipra for Petitioner. Muhammad Sair Ali for Respondent. JUDGMENT The petitioner joined as a Cashier in the United Bank Ltd. In 1968. He was promoted in 1974 as Officer Grade-III. A charge-sheet was issued to him by the Assistant Vice-President that he had issued three no-objection certificates relating to import licences for Rs.6,60,000, Rs.4,42,000 and Rs.3,50,000 in the circumstances when no-objection certificate forms were never supplied to Muridke Branch where he was working nor the same were got printed locally. Further that he had handed over blank no-objection certificates typed on Muridke Branch letter-head pad under his signatures to various parties. It was added that he had not bothered to realise that Muridke Branch was otherwise not authorised to do foreign exchange business directly This is, dated 12-7-1982. He submitted reply to the charge-sheet and confessed that no-objection certificates in connection with the import licences for Rs.6,60,000 and Rs.3,50,000 were signed by him in routine but he denied his signatures on the import licence for Rs.4,42,000. In his statement before the Enquiry Officer on 27-11-1983, he "fully" denied his signatures on the no-objection certificates referred to above and in cross-examination he took the plea that his previous reply in this regard was not correct because he had not seen the original no-objection certificates and this fact was impossible for him to ascertain from the photo copy". The Handwriting Expert was called and in his report, dated 13-9-1682- he stated "that signatures on letter, dated 10-5-1980 marked as Q/1 and documents/ vouchers marked as S/1, S/2, S/3, S/4, S/5 and S/12 have been executed by Mr. Muhammad Sarwar. Otherwise the alleged signatures of Mr. Muhammad Sarwar can be compared with the admitted signatures and reply regarding N.O.Cs…

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