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Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974)-------S.7---Seniority---Civil servant duly appointed on regular basis much earlier than others could not be relegated to a junior position. Aziz Ahmed Chughtai, Advocate Supreme Court and Rao Muhammad Khan, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 20th March, 2003. JUDGMENT FAQIR MUHAMMAD KHOKHAR, J.---This petition is directed against judgment dated 22-10-2002 passed by the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore, (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal), whereby Appeal No.403 of 1995 of the respondent No.1 was accepted. 2. The respondent No.1 was appointed as a Labour Officer (BS-161, by selection through the Public Service Commission. The respondents Nos.3 4 and 5 were promoted as Labour Officers (BS-16) with effect from 1-12-1988 whereas- the respondents Nos.2, 5, 6 and 7 were promoted as such with effect from 2-1-1995. However, in the seniority list of the Labour Officers, as circulated by the department, the respondents Nos.2 to 8 were shown senior to the respondent No.1. Therefore, the respondent No. 1 preferred appeal No.403 of 1995 against relegation of his seniority position by the department vis-a-vis the respondents Nos.2 to 8. The appeal of the respondent No. 1 was accepted by the Tribunal by the impugned judgment dated 22-10-2002. 3. The learned counsel for the…

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