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Service Matter-- ----Reduction in punishment--Negligence of the officials--With drawal of G.P. Fund advances--Signature of cashier without verification of the sanction of payment--Appellant was awarded penalty of recovery of financial loss and reduction in time scale--Responsibility and liability--Held: Appellant being responsible officials were required to be extra vigilant in such sensitive matters and were not supposed to put the signatures on the vouchers without verification of the sanction for payment--Admission of the cashier would not absolve them from their responsibility of taking proper care and vigilance in checking the bills so that no mischief could be done by the cashier--Orders accordingly. [P. 50] A & B Judgment Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, J.--These connected civil appeals have arisen out of a common judgment dated 12.7.2002 passed by the Punjab Service Tribunal whereby the separate appeal filed by the appellants against the different punishments awarded to them by the departmental authority were partly allowed with alteration in the penalties. 2. Shahid Pervaiz, appellant in Civil Appeal 1922 of 2002 was awarded the punishment of dismissal from service and recovery of Rs. 112570/- whereas Amjad Aleem appellant in C.A 1924/2002 was imposed the penalty of reduction in time scale by 3 stages and recovery of Rs. 67500/-. Abdul Razzaq appellant in C.A 1923 of 2002 was dismissed from service and was also imposed the penalty of recovery of Rs. 183800/-. The Tribunal by reducing the punishment of all the three appellants into reduction in time scale by one stage, partly allowed their appeals. 3. The appellants in C.A 1922 to 1924 of 2002 (hereinafter called the appellants) being not satisfied with the judgment of Tribunal, have filed separate appeals before this Court whereas the Government of Punjab and others (hereinafter to be called respondents) also challenged the judgment of Tribunal in the connected appeals, Bearing Nos. 1919 to 1921 of 2002. Leave was granted in the these appeals order dated 17.12.2002 as under:-- "By this judgment we propose to decide the titled civil petitions involving identical questions of law and facts. 2. The Petitions…

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