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Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975------Rr. 4(1)(a)(b) & 18---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 212(3)--­Minor penalty of censure imposed by Authorised Officer was substituted by Revisional Authority (Secretary to Government of the -Punjab, Agricultural Department) with major penalty of reduction in time scale by two stages---Service Tribunal set aside order of Revisional Authority---Contention of Department was that order of Authorize' Officer could not be treated as sacrosanct, but could be reversed or altered by Government while exercising revisional jurisdiction---Supreme Court granted leave to appeal to consider such contention and also the question, whether the Secretary could simultaneously exercise powers of Appellate as well as Revisional Authority, and if so, whether same would be in the interest of justice, fair play and equity. Miss Salma Malik, Assistant A.-G., Punjab M. Akbar, Tarer, A.A.-G. and Aziz Ahmad Chughtai, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Respondent in person. Date of hearing: 22nd May, 2003. ORDER JAVED IQBAL, J---This petition for leave to appeal is directed against the judgment dated 15-8-2001 passed by the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore, whereby the appeal preferred on behalf of respondent has been accepted and the order dated 13-1-1999 passed by the Secretary Agriculture, Government of the Punjab, Agriculture Department exercising revisional powers as conferred upon Government under rule 18 of the Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975 whereby minor penalty of censure (instead of censure the word "warning" has been mentioned by the authorized officer which may be due to an inadvertent omission) was substituted with major penalty of reduction in time scale by two stages, was set aside. 2. It is, inter alia,…

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