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Punjab Service Tribunals Act (IX of 1974)-- --S.4--Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975, Rr. 4(1)(a) & 6(3)--Minor penalty on charge of negligence imposed by Authorised Officer after show-cause notice procedure--Penalty order sustained despite detailed recommendations of lower authorities for its waiver--No reasons to differ with such recommendations given-­Service Tribunal reaching conclusion that recommendations of lower authorities were based on good grounds and deviation from same was not called for--Penalty of censure, in circumstances, set aside by Service Tribunal. Masud Ahmad Riaz for Appellants. A.G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondent. JUDGMENT S.ABDUL JABBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN).--Messrs Ali Bahadur Tarar, Deputy Director Planning, Office of the Chief Engineer North, Punjab Highway Department, Lahore and Khalid Imran Khan, Deputy Director II, Area Development Scheme (LDA) Lahore, have filed these appeals under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunal Act, 1974, in which they have impleaded the Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Communication and Works Department, Lahore, as respondent. 2. By virtue of these appeals the appellants have prayed that the impugned orders dated 16-11-1981 and 16-5-1985/5-6-1985, be set aside and the censure awarded to the appellants be quashed. 3. As both these appeals are out of one and the same order, therefore, we will dispose of both these appeals by our this single judgment. 4. Brief facts of the case are that the appellants were served with show-cause notices dated 19-5-1981, in which it was alleged that during their incumbency as Incharge Highway Division, D.G. Khan, from 2-7-1976 to 5-7-1979, they have neglected the following works:- (i) Maintenance of shoulders of road from D.G. Khan to Fort-Monro to Bewata Road. (ii) Maintenance of passages through Causeways Vedore, Mithawan and Rakhimun Nullahs. (iii) Clearance of drains in Hilly Sections of D.G. Khan-Fort Monro­ Bewata Road which was alleged to be choked up. (iv) Patch work of the above-named road. (v) Resurfacing of the above-named road. The appellants submitted their replies on the basis of record which was made available to…

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