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Sind Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1973-- ---R.4---Compulsory retirement ---Appellant, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police while on patrolling duty allegedly showing extreme cowardice, dereliction of duty, inefficiency and negligence of duty on his part while a robbery had taken place at a jewellery shop---Appellant was proceeded under Efficiency and Discipline Rules and awarded a major penalty of compulsory retirement as a result of inquiry held against him---Appellant was given final show-cause notice and afforded opportunity of hearing before award of penalty---Shop where robbery was committed was not within area of operation assigned to Mobile Patrolling Team headed by appellant but was under jurisdiction of another Police Officer who was nearer to place of incident than appellant and arrived within minutes of departure of robbers---Appellant although admitted charge but claimed that he did what he could do as he rushed after offenders but they could not be located--­Other team also showed no result---Appeal of appellant was not pressed on merits but on plea that appellant had been subjected to discrimination as no action was taken against that other police officer under whose jurisdiction robbery took place---No explanation was given by State counsel as to why no action was taken against other Police Officer-Held penalty awarded to appellant was rather arbitrary and harsh and was not justified in circumstances of case---Penalty of compulsory retirement was replaced with that of reduction in rank. JUDGMENT MUNAWAR ALI KHAN (CHAIRMAN).--In this appeal the prayer of the appellant, Mirza Muhammad Yousif, is that order of his compulsory retirement dated 27-3-1988 passed by the S.S.P. Central District, Karachi be set aside and consequential relief be awarded to him. The appellant was serving as A.S.-I. at Police Station Liaquatabad, Karachi when disciplinary proceedings were taken out against him. To begin with he was served with charge-sheet and statement of allegations. The allegations made against him were as follows: "On 3-1-1988 between 1845 and 1900 hrs, a robbery had taken place at AI-Mizan Jewellers, S.M. Taufiq Road, in which the…

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