IHC orders reinstatement of National Savings Director

31 Oct, 2014

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Friday directed the Secretary Finance and Director General National Savings to reinstate the service of Muhammad Tariq as Director Legal of the Central Directorate of National Savings.

A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui passed the order while hearing plea of Muhammad Tariq seeking restoration of his services with all benefits.

During the course of hearing, the counsel of the petitioner told the judge that the petitioner joined the service on 10-12-2010 on the recommendation of Federal Public Service Commission having topped throughout Pakistan for the post but he was removed from his post without proof of allegations against him.

The judge in his order wrote that imposing a major penalty of removal of service merely on the ground that the petitioner tried to claim TA/DA on a bogus claim for a meager amount of Rs. 14,625 and Rs 2925, which was not even sanctioned and paid to him, smacks of malafide on the part of authorities.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2014

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