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Civil service----- Misconduct---Dismissal from service---Civil servant was dismissed from service after holding inquiry against him on charge that he took off his clothes in the office premises in front of the consumers which was highly indecent, immoral, disgusting and absolutely intolerable---Civil servant had himself admitted that he stripped off his clothes, but had explained that he had to take off his clothes because some bees had entered into his clothes--­Explanation of civil servant was not believable because if somebody was attacked by a swarm of bees then the reflex action would be to cover as much of the body with clothes as possible and not to stripe off---Stripping off clothes by civil servant during office hours which was misconduct of serious nature and which could not be condoned, having stood proved, civil servant was rightly dismissed from service on that ground. PLD 1984 SC 385 and PLD 1990 SC 452 ref. Ch. M. Khalid Farooq for Appellant. Saleem Baig for Respondents. Date of hearing: 7th January, 1998. JUDGMENT NASIM SABIR SPED (MEMBER). ---This appeal has been filed by the appellant against the impugned order of dismissal from service dated 17-7-1997. 2. The only charge levied in this case is that the General Manager, Lahore, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd., charged the appellant for taking off clothes in the office premises in front of the consumers which was highly indecent, immoral, disgusting and absolutely intolerable. After holding the inquiry the appellant was dismissed from service. 3. Learned counsel for the Company has raised a preliminary objection that this Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this case because Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd., is an independent, artificial juridical person, having its own system of control over its business activities through the Board of Directors. It was argued that tyke Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd., being an independent person, it cannot be held to be either controlled by the Government of Pakistan or owned by it. To support the point of view, reference was made to PLD 1984 SC 385 and PLD 1990 SC 452. To understand the implications of this argument and the statutory provisions newly…

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