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Sindh Service Tribunals Act (XV of 1973)-- ----S. 4---Appeal---Appellant instead of pressing appeal, requested for reduction ' in penalty imposed by Authority on him---Appellant admittedly had suffered mentally as well as financially for over one and a half decades and thereby had even otherwise been adequately punished---Order passed by appellant which allegedly caused loss to Government had already been nullified and loss likely to occur to Government had been avoided---If order passed by Authority against. appellant was implemented in toto, benefit of move over when admissible to him would be postponed for four years---Order was modified so as to read that instead of withholding four annual increments of appellant with cumulative effect only two increments would be stopped without cumulative effect in circum­stances ---Subject to modification of penalty, appeal was dismissed. JUDGMENT MUNAWAR ALI KHAN (CHAIRMAN).--This case is more than 16 years old. It stemmed from the order dated 19-3-1973 passed by the appellant in the capacity of Assistant City Survey Officer, Karachi. The said order was purported to have revised the alignments of the Plot No. LY-72/1/5 fixed during the City Survey Operations conducted in 1940. As such the appellant was alleged to have contravened section 21 of West Pakistan Land Revenue Act and thereby caused loss of about 4 lacs to the Government. Therefore, he was charge-sheeted and Additional Commissioner, Karachi was appointed as Enquiry Officer to make enquiry into the said mishap. After completing the enquiry he submitted his detailed report on 11-7-1975 holding that out of seven charges four charges were proved against the appellant. On the basis of the said report the Secretary, Revenue Department found the appellant guilty and punished him by withholding his four annual increments with cumulative effect vide his order dated 31-7-1977. 2. The appellant challenged the order of his punishment before the Chief Secretary who by his order dated 28-8-1978 rejected his appeal. Thereafter, the appellant filed Service Appeal No. 68 of 1978 before this Tribunal which was dismissed as time-barred vide judgment dated 16-3-1980. The…

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