ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST) on Wednesday ‘dated in office’ the hearing of complaints filed by employees of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The FST bench comprising of Member Rafique Shah and Dr Nazir heard five complaints carrying matters about ‘promotion’.
Ghulam Akbar Chandio, Sohail Ahmed Qureshi, Sajjad Ahmed, Saleem Akbar and Ch Muhammad Aslam had filed these cases. They had filed the cases challenging administrative measures taken by the board regarding promotion of appellants. On the last hearing, the bench had adjourned the hearing with directions of submission of reply by the department.
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.
