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(a) Sind Civil Servants (Probation, Confirmation and Seniority) Rules, 1975-- ---R.10(1)--Seniority--Reckoning of--Seniority of a civil servant is to be reckoned from date of his appointment. (b) Sind Civil Servants (Appointment and Transfer) Rules, 1973-- ---R.11--Sind Civil Servants Act (XIV of 1973), S.2(1)(a)- Appointment with prescribed method of recruitment--Effect--'Ad-hoc appointment', how made--Initial appointment to posts in Grades 3 to 15 was to be made on recommendation of Departmental Selection Committee after vacancies in said grades had been advertised in newspapers--Where appointment was made otherwise than in accordance with prescribed method, same, Held, was "ad-hoc appointment"--Merely non-mentioning of ad-hoc appointment in appointment order, would not make such appointment as regular one--Ad-hoc appointment was required to be regularized--Initial ad-hoc appointment could not be regularized retrospectively--Seniority of civil servant would, therefore be reckoned from date of his regular appointment--Appeal requiring seniority of civil servant to be reckoned from date of his initial appointment (ad hoc) being devoid of merit was dismissed. Kanwar Mukhtar Ahmed for Appellant. Rasheed Akhtar Qureshi for Respondents. Date of hearing: 19th May, 1987. JUDGMENT MUNAWAR ALI KHAN (CHAIRMAN).--This appeal arose from the facts and circumstances briefly stated as follows; In 1974 while the appellant was working as Senior Clerk, he applied for the post of Assistant Industrial Development Officer in the Directorate of Industries and Mineral Development, Government of Sind. As he possessed the requisite eligibility he was appointed in the said post (Grade-11) vide order of Secretary to Government of Sind, dated 15th July, 1974. Following the promulgation of MLO-55, the appellant's case was referred to the Divisional Select Committee, set up under the said MLO, for regularisation. By the letter No.s-Ind./E-3(29)/79/ 2358-60, dated 20-2-1979 which was received by the appellant on 1-4-1979, he was informed that consequent upon approval accorded by Divisional Select Committee, his appointment as Assistant Industrial Development Officer was regularized w.e.f.…

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