Case Details

Citation(s)
1997 SLG 1005 1997 SLD 1005 1997 PLC 1207
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 1160/L of 1996, decision dated: 22-02-1997. (On appeal from the judgment dated 15-1-1996, passed by the Federal Service Tribunal, Islamabad, in Appeal No. 402(L)/95).
ZIA MAHMOOD MIRZA, RAJA AFRASIAB KHAN AND MUNAWAR AHMAD MIRZA, JJ
Abid Hassan Minto, Advocate Supreme Court assisted by Sh, Masood Akhtar, AdvocateonRecord for Petitioner. Nemo for
Respondents.

S.T. REHMAN

VS

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Establishment Division, Islamabad and 3 others

Law:

Section:

Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973)S. 9Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 212(3)Civil service­Promotion was denied to civil servant while his juniors were promoted­Cause of denial of promotion was average Annual Confidential Reports­ValidityLeave to appeal was granted to consider; whether or not representation of aggrieved person against supersession would include challenge to quantification, propriety of Annual Confidential Reports and criteria for selection; whether or not Annual Confidential Reports which were obviously concealed from incumbent, though might not be adverse, yet directly affected his future career and his right of further promotion, could be challenged by way of appeal before Service Tribunal; whether Constitutional petition challenging propriety of undisclosed Annual Confidential Reports, could constitute notice to Competent Authority andbe substituted for representation to approach Service Tribunal; and whether or not question of limitation for challenging Annual Confidential Reports would be relatable to period when aggrieved person became aware about the same. Federation of Pakistan through the Secretary, Health Division v. Dr. Najmul Ghani Khan PLD 1995 SC 556 ref. ORDER MUNAWAR AHMAD MIRZA, J.Petitioner after qualifying Competitive Examination, joined Pakistan Audit and Accounts in Grade17 during year 1966. In due course he got promoted to Grade20, and presently is holding post of DirectorGeneral (Audit), Pakistan Railways. Towards beginning of 1995 five (5) vacancies were caused in Grade21, which had to be filled by promotion through Selection Board, considering suitability, seniority and criteria of quantification evaluating the A.C.Rs. 2. The available record reveals that department forwarded list of 20 persons, who were ripe for promotion to Grade21. The Selection Board held its meeting on 1871995 and considering the instructions contained in Estacode and criteria laid for selection of superior officers; recommended five persons, out of whom three were undisputedly senior to petitioner but other two namely, A.R. Arif (respondent No. 3) and Mrs. Sumbal Nazar Sheikh f respondent No. 4) factually ranked junior to him. On becoming…
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