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Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975---------Rr. 3, 4(1)(b)(ii) & 5---Compulsory retirement---Civil servant who was serving as Sub-Divisional Officer and was incharge of construction work, was imposed major penalty of compulsory retirement after charge­ sheeting him and holding inquiry against him on certain allegations---One of the major allegations against him was that due to his poor management/planning, progress of construction work remained very slow and than despite written as well as verbal instructions, execution of work was not reasonably accelerated to bring it to safe limits and that cross 'band' constructed under his supervision was damaged during flood--­Findings of Inquiry Officer with respect to said charge was based upon common sense and was appreciated--Inquiry was conducted by Chief Engineer- who was an expert in that .field---Report of Inquiry Officer had to be accepted being based on reasons acceptable to reasonable and prudent man---Allegations against civil servant, having been proved and civil servant having caused huge loss to Government due to his poor management/planning, penalty of compulsory retirement was rightly imposed on him. Rao Javed-ul-Haq Khan for Appellant. Khadim Hussain Sindhu, District Attorney. Muhammad Basit, Assistant, Departmental Representative. Date of hearing: 9th April, 2003. JUDGMENT Mr. Inayat Ullah Malik, SDO in the Communication and Works Department has called in question order dated 31-7-2001 passed by his authority i.e. Chief Secretary, Punjab arraigned as respondent No.2 whereby major penalty of compulsory retirement was imposed upon him under the Punjab Civil Servants (E & D) Rules, 1975. His appeal to the Appellant Authority was declined on 13-7-2002. 2. Appellant was served with the charge-sheet containing the following charges:-- "Whereas I, Abdur Rashid Khan, Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Communication and Works Department, Lahore, as authorized officer to your case under rule-5 of the Punjab Civil Servants (E&D) Rules, 1975 have been directed by the Authority to proceed against you. And whereas I, consider that in the light of facts of, the case and in the…

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