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Life Insurance (Nationalization) Order (10 of 1972)-------Arts. 14(3) & 25---Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973), S.4---Free medical facilities to retired officer---Denial of---Appeal---Appellant who was retired after completing service of 30 years, claimed free medical facilities being a retired officer, but his claim was denied by authorities---Validity---Serving officers of Corporation were provided free medical attendance and treatment in accordance with inter-office communication of the corporation---Thereafter, Recommendations of Pay and Pension Committee were enforced under the orders of the President of Pakistan; accordingly pay scales were revised and medical facilities to the retired officers of Nationalized Insurance Corporations, including the employer Corporation of appellant, were allowed like that of the setting officers---Periodical revision of allowances, fringe benefits and perquisites, however, were made subject to approval of Prime Minister, but Board of the Corporation revised the medical facilities to its retired officers, without obtaining approval of Prime Minister vide disputed circular---Not only medical facilities were revised thereby but same were revised downward to the detriment of the retired officers, who, after the life long service and due to old age, needed even better facilities than the serving officers---Employer-Corporation being a commercial organization, had to protect and advance the interest of its Policyholders, but for that it could not be allowed to divest/deprive retired officers of the legitimate facilities allowed to them---Employer-Corporation was found to follow the direction of Central Government as per Art.25 of Life Insurance (Nationalization) Order, 1972---Appeal of appellant though was time-barred, but as same involved financial facilities, provisions of law of limitation, would not strictly apply to case of appellant---Delay, if any, seeking medical facilities by appellant, was condoned by the Tribunal---Appellant was entitled to medical facilities like serving officers of the Corporation---Appeal was allowed with direction to The employer-Corporation to withdraw Circular in dispute within specified…

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