ISLAMABAD: Three benches of Federal Service Tribunal held hearing of a number of complaints filed against Federal Board of Revenue during second week of November.
FST benches comprising Syed Rafique Hussain Shah and Dr Nazir Saeed; Ishtiaq Ahmed and Muhammad Javed Iqbal Kasi; and Ishtiaq Ahmed and Syed Muhammad Hamid heard the cases challenging Federal Board of Revenue’s administrative measures pertaining to employees’ ‘seniority’, ‘promotion’ and ‘dismissal’ and others.
Syed Rafique Hussain Shah and Dr Nazir Saeed heard the cases filed by Muhammad Ishtiaq, Ghulam Ali Sahito and Syed Muhammad Rafi.
The bench also heard cases filed by Ghulam Akbar Chandio, Sohail Ahmed Qureshi, Sajjad Ahmed, Saleem Akbar and Ch Muhammad Aslam. The had filed cases challenging administrative measures taken by the board regarding promotion of appellants.
All of the appellants had filed petitions carrying complaints about un-granted promotion by the board. They had prayed the tribunal to direct the board to award them their rightful promotion which they had not been granted despite serving for years at the board.
The appellants asked the tribunal to take notice of undue delay regarding their promotion by the board and issue necessary directives to the board in their cases. The appellants had prayed the tribunal hold speedy hearing of their complaints and dispose them office at the earliest in order to bring justice to them.
The tribunal also held hearing of these cases last week and had then adjourned hearing without issuing any directive in this regard.
Meanwhile, Ishtiaq Ahmed and Muhammad Javed Iqbal Kasi adjourned hearing of cases of promotion, seniority and dismissal filed by Asghar Khan, Muhammad Ushaq, Yameen Khan, and Muhammad Nawaz. They had prayed the tribunal to direct the board to implement regulations made for promotion of employees.
Same bench also heard and adjourned three other recently filed cases carrying complaints about ‘dismissal from services’, ‘withholding of two annual increment’, and others. The bench dated in office the hearing after seeking reply from board on the cases. Muhammad Arshad Rahim, Muhammad Arshad Rahim and Ejaz Ahmed Bajwa had filed these cases.
