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(a) Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973)-------S. 7---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S.14---Provisions of S.14 of Limitation Act, 1908 not applicable to proceedings under Service Tribunals Act, 1973. Sherin and 4 others v. Fazal Muhammad and 4 others 1995 SCMR 584 ref. (b) Limitation Act (IX of 1908)--- ----S. 5---Condonation of delay---Prosecution of a wrong remedy in a wrong Court---Not sufficient ground for condonation of delay. Ghiasuddin Shaikh and others v. Federation of Pakistan, Civil Petitions Nos.507-K to 513-K of 1998 ref. Khan Muhammad v. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rawalpindi and others. 1989 SCMR 589 and Syed Haji Abdul Wahid and another v. Syed Sirajuddin 1998 SCMR 2296 rel. Riyasat Ali Ch. Advocate Supreme Court and Ch. M. Khan Mehtab, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Raja Haq Nawaz, Advocate Supreme Court and Ch. Akhtar Ali, Advocate-on-Record for Respondents. Date of hearing: 21st April, 1999. JUDGMENT AJMAL MIAN, C.J.--- By this common judgment, we intend to dispose of the above three petitions which are directed against the same judgment passed by the learned Federal Service Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in Appeals Nos.1407(L) of 1998, 1408(L) of 1998 and 1414(L) of 1998, filed by the petitioners against the respondents' letter dated 27-8-1997 termination of their Management Trainee Agreement, dismissing the same on the ground of limitation as well as on merits. 2. The brief facts are that the respondents floated a Talent Pool Scheme and started inter alia Management Trainee Course. The petitioners were selected for the above Course in terms of the respondents' letter dated 29-9-1996. It may be pertinent to reproduce paras. 1 and 2 of the above letter which read as follows: "(1) Under the Talent Pool Scheme you shall undergo training for a maximum period of two years as per the Company requirements at one or more locations/departments. (2) During the training period you shall receive a fixed stipend of Rs.5,000 (Rupees five thousand only) p.m. Please note that your induction in Talent Pool Scheme does not entitle you for a regular job/service in the company. Your appointment as a regular employee in the company's…

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