ISLAMABAD: A bench headed by the Federal Service Tribunal chairman, Justice (r) Syed Zahid Hussain held initial hearing on a complaint naming the Federal Board of Revenue chairman as a respondent.
the bench headed by the FST chairman Hussain and Member Dr Nazir Saeed heard the case and adjourned it after hearing the matter for the first time. The bench directed the counsels to resume their detailed arguments on the next hearing in order to conclude the matter at the earliest.
Muhammad Haroon Khattak, an employee of Federal Board of Revenue, had filed the case against the chairman, FBR Nisar Mohammad Khan.
Khattak had filed this petition recently in which he had complained about his transfer. He had prayed the tribunal to take up the matter and hear his case for providing him justice which was not yet been granted to him at the board.
The bench heard some other cases filed by Muhammad Ishtiaq, Ghulam Ali Sahito, Syed Muhammad Rafi, Muhammad Saleem, M Hakim Khan, Imdad Alam and Mehdi Khan. Hearing of the said cases also adjourned to different dates in coming weeks.
Muhammad Ishtiaq had submitted a complaint about interim relief promotion. This petition is pending with tribunal since 2016. Ghulam Ali Sahito, Syed Muhammad Rafi, Muhammad Saleem and Abdul Hakim Khan had filed petitions in 2016 about pending implementation of old decision by the FST.
Immad Alam and Mehdi Hassan had filed cases about seniority. Both appellant filed their cases in 2016. The bench would hear the cases for third time. The board had filed its objections over the cases.
Meanwhile, another FST bench comprising Ishtiaq Ahmed and Muhammad Javed Iqbal Kasi heard three recently filed cases carrying complaints about ‘dismissal from services’, ‘withholding of two annual increments’, and others. Muhammad Arshad Rahim, Muhammad Arshad Rahim and Ejaz Ahmed Bajwa had filed these cases.
M Arshad Rahim told the tribunal that he had been dismissed from service in violation of board’s regulations. He prayed that the board’s order pertaining to his dismissal must be set aside and the tribunal may provide him due relief in this regard. Hearing on these cases was also adjourned till next Wednesday.
