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Civil service-­----- Adverse remarks---Entire confidential record of civil servant was good--­Civil servant invariably had earned good reports and Reporting Officer had appraised the working of civil servant accurately and had given him invariably "A" reports and he had been described as an honest officer-- Countersigning Officer for the first time had pointed out slackness of civil servant in effectively controlling the establishment---Such remarks against civil servant, which were appended by Countersigning Officer after one year and nine months were absolutely unjustified as he had not been able to record any instance of alleged laxity of control on the part of civil servant---Had the Countersigning Officer recorded the remarks soon after the period reported upon in accordance with Instructions on the subject, it would have certainly carried weight---Record of adverse remarks after one year and nine months had made situation otherwise ---Possibility of Countersigning Officer having forgotten real position existed---Even otherwise an officer who had ever been rendering commendable performance, could not become slack all of a sudden in a period of six months---In absence of any justification for adverse remarks, they were ordered to be expunged. Mansoor Humayun for Appellant: Ch. Manzoor Hussain, D.A. for Respondent Date of hearing: 29th July, 1999. JUDGMENT The appellant was communicated following adverse remarks recorded by the Countersigning Officer vide letter, dated 15-5-1996 pertaining to the period from 2-7-1993 to 31-12-1993 issued by the Director Food, Punjab, Lahore:-- Part-V (A) Overall grading Equal to majority Of officers (Average) (B) Fitness for promotion Not yet fit for promotion. (C) Integrity No remarks about integrity. Part-VII A) Remarks of C/signing Is an average officer who lacks effective control. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that the reporting officer has appraised the working of the appellant accurately and has given him invariably "A" reports. He has been described as an honest officer but the Countersigning Officer has described him as reported above; that the remarks were appended by the Countersigning…

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