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| 1999 SLG 441 1999 SLD 441 1999 SCMR 2141 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petitions Nos. 1240-L and 1241-L of 1997, decision dated: 21st July, 1998
KHALIL-UR-REHMAN KHAN AND CH. MUHAMMAD ARIF, JJ
Hafiz Tariq Nasim, Advocate Supreme Court with Muhammad. Ch., Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner (in both Petitions). Azam Rasool, Advocate Supreme Court with Rao Muhammad Khan, Advocate-on-Record for
Respondents (in both Petitions)
Civil Petitions Nos. 1240-L and 1241-L of 1997, decision dated: 21st July, 1998
KHALIL-UR-REHMAN KHAN AND CH. MUHAMMAD ARIF, JJ
Hafiz Tariq Nasim, Advocate Supreme Court with Muhammad. Ch., Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner (in both Petitions). Azam Rasool, Advocate Supreme Court with Rao Muhammad Khan, Advocate-on-Record for
Respondents (in both Petitions)
SHAUKAT JAVED FAROOQI, Under Secretary Civil Secretariat, Lahore
VS
DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, LAHORE and another
Law:
Section:
Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--Art. 212(3)---Annual Confidential Report ---Adverse remarks recorded against civil servant in his Annual Confidential Report for the period he worked as Judicial Magistrate by Reporting Officer (District & Sessions Judge) and countersigned by Inspection Judge of the High Court---Validity---Civil servant had not alleged that both officers were inimically disposed of towards him Opinion is formed by superior Officers on the basis of conglomeration of events too minute to be noticed individually and recorded separately---Total impact of such events, however, brings it to focus a clear image of the persons before them--Requirement of counselling to precede the recording of adverse remarks was not mandatory in nature---District and Sessions Judge of the concerned District and the Chief Justice of High Court were the only officers who could accurately assess the work and conduct of the subordinate Judicial Officer serving under them and were the best Judges of his work, conduct and character---Basis for their opinion could be very extensive, depending on their own observation, the general reputation and such other material which may have been brought to their notice---Superior Officers, therefore, could not be asked to produce material on which they based their opinion---No ground for interference with the of Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal having been made out, petition for leave to appeal was dismissed. ORDER CH. MUHAMMAD ARIF, J.---By this common order we intend to dispose of Civil Petitions Nos. 1240-L and 1241-L of 1997 as they arise out of a consolidated judgment by the Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal in the Lahore High Court, Lahore, hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal, whereby Service Appeals Nos.4 and 5 of 1992, brought by the petitioner for the expunction of adverse remarks recorded by the Reporting Officer and countersigned by the learned Inspection Judge in his Annual Confidential Reports pertaining to periods from 1-1-1990 to 31-12-1990 and 1-1-1991 9-4-1991, were dismissed. 2. The following excerpts from the impugned judgment clearly spell out the details of the adverse remarks as also…
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