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(a) Civil service---------Move-over---Move-over of a civil servant from one scale to another would not tantamount to promotion as move-over was only awarded to an incumbent after reaching the maximum of his substantive scale. (b) Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975----- ----R.4(1)(b)(i)---Fundamental Rules, F.R.29---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 212(3)---Penalty of reduction to initial stage---Infliction of---Conversion of petition into appeal---Civil servant who had been serving as a Lecturer in English in Education Department for the last 20 years, was proceeded against for tampering with original seniority- list and was also charged for certain acts of omission and commission and was inflicted punishment of reduction to a lower stage without specifying period of said punishment---Charge against civil servant though was serious in nature, but punishment of reduction to a lower stage inflicted on him without specifying period of punishment, appeared to be violative of F.R. 29 which had provided that if a Government servant, on account of misconduct or inefficiency, was reduced to a lower grade or post or to a lower stage in his time scale, Authority ordering such reduction would state period for which it would remain effective---Petition for leave to appeal was converted into appeal by the Supreme Court and allowing the same, of Service Tribunal was modified restricting punishment inflicted upon civil servant for a period of four years which would meet the ends of justice. Hafiz Tariq Nasim, Advocate Supreme Court with Mahmudul Islam, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Muhammad Sharif Butt, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondent. Date of hearing: 3rd July, 2002. JUDGMENT RANA BHAGWANDAS, J.------The petitioner while serving as a Lecturer in English was departmentally proceeded against for tampering with the original seniority list of Lecturers (General Cadre) prepared on 1-1-1979 by converting his serial number from 1087 to 456 in order to earn undue and out of turn promotion. He was also charged for acts of omission and commission by the departmental authority and proceeded against under the provisions of Punjab Civil Servants…

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