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Petitioner remained posted for more than eight years much above normal tenure of posting of three years at station of his working. Civil servant whose appeal against said transfer order was dismissed by Service Tribunal, had failed to prove any mala fides of Authority in transferring him to another place of working. Petition for leave to appeal merited dismissal as no question of law of public importance was involved in case of petitioner.
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1999 S C M R 2482 - Order of Transfer of Civil Servant Made for Administrative Reasons, Could Not Be Said to Have Suffered From Mala Fides
Petitioner remained posted for more than eight years much above normal tenure of posting of three years at station of his working. Civil servant whose appeal against said transfer order was dismissed by Service Tribunal, had failed to prove any mala fides of Authority in transferring him to another place of working. Petition for leave to appeal merited dismissal as no question of law of public importance was involved in case of petitioner.
Petitioner remained posted for more than eight years much above normal tenure of posting of three years at station of his working. Civil servant whose appeal against said transfer order was dismissed by Service Tribunal, had failed to prove any mala fides of Authority in transferring him to another place of working. Petition for leave to appeal merited dismissal as no question of law of public importance was involved in case of petitioner.
Present: Sh. Ijaz Nisar and Munir A. Sheikh, JJ EHSAN ELAHI CHEEMA---Petitioner versus SECRETARY HEALTH and 2 others---Respondents Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 1697; L of 1998, decided on 22nd January, 1999. (On appeal from the order, dated 17-9-1998 of the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore passed in Appeal No.3521 of 1997). Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ----Art. 212(3)---Transfer of civil servant---Civil servant who remained posted for more than eight years much above normal tenure of posting of three years at station of his working, was transferred to another place of working for administrative reasons--- Civil servant whose appeal against said transfer order was dismissed by Service Tribunal, had failed to prove any mala fides of Authority in transferring him to another place of working---Validity---Posting and transfer being prerogative of employer, no vested right was created in favour of civil servant to claim that he should be posted at one station unless any rule had created any right in him to remain posted at one station or had debarred administration from transferring him on same suffered from mala fides---Order of transfer of civil servant made for administrative reasons, could not be said to have suffered from mala fides particularly when he had already remained posted for more than eight years much above the normal tenure of posting of three years at a station under the rules--- Petition for leave to appeal merited dismissal as no question of law of public importance was involved in case of petitioner, whereas it was a case of individual grievance. Hafiz Tariq Nasim, Advocate Supreme Court and Muhammad Aslam Chadhry, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Ashtar Ausaf Ali Khan, Advocate-General, Punjab, for Respondents. Date of hearing: 22nd January, 1999. JUDGMENT MUNIR A. SHEIKH, J.---This petition for leave to appeal is directed against the order dated 17-9-1998 of the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore through which the appeal filed by the petitioner against his transfer order dated 19-9-1997 has been dismissed. 2. The petitioner who was working as Pharmacist was transferred by the Secretary, Health, Government of the Punjab, to District Headquarter Hospital, Jhelum for administrative reasons. He challenged the said order through appeal before the Punjab Service Tribunal which has been dismissed through the impugned order, dated 17-9-1998, against which leave to appeal has been sought. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the order of transfer dated 19-9-1997 suffered from mala fides inasmuch as the petitioner was victimized on account of his efforts through different applications to unearth the irregularities in the department. Comments were called for from the Secretary Health by the Service Tribunal which were submitted and these allegations were denied. Learned Advocate-General who has appeared today in response to call by the Court as to whether the petitioner being an invalid person could be accommodated against any one of the two posts available in the same Hospital, submitted that the petitioner has already over- stayed in the present Hospital for about eight years whereas the normal tenure of posting at one station according to the rules is three years. As to his allegations about irregularities, inquiries and investigations were thoroughly made and they were found to be false. He says that he has instructions from the department that it is in the interest of the petitioner himself and also the administration that he should not be allowed to continue at the present place of posting. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner maintained that in order to demonstrate that the order of transfer of the petitioner suffered from mala fides, he had appended with the appeal before the Service Tribunal a number of documents which had not been considered as is evident from the absence of any reference to them in the impugned order. He placed reliance on the judgment reported as Saeed Ibne Ali Tirmizi v. Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority and another (1996 SCMR 297) in which an order of the Service Tribunal passed in appeal filed by a civil servant challenging the order of his dismissal from service by the departmental authority on the ground of mala fides was set aside on the ground that the Service Tribunal did not take into consideration the material place on the record of the appeal in order to prove and establish mala fides. 5. We are afraid if the principle laid down in the said judgment is applicable in this case. Firstly, it is a case of mere transfer of a civil servant. Posting and transfer is the prerogative of the employer, therefore, no vested right is created in favour of a civil servant to claim that he should be posted at one station unless any rule creates any right in him to remain posted at one station or debars the administration from transferring him or the same suffers from mala fides. In this case, the allegations made by the petitioner in respect of the alleged irregularities were found to be false, therefore, it could not be urged f'` that the order of transfer made for administrative reasons could be said to have suffered from mala fides particularly when the petitioner had already remained posted for more than eight years much above the normal tenure of posting of three years at a station under the rules. Besides, no question of law of public importance is involved in this case whereas it is a case of individuals grievance. 6. For the foregoing reasons, this petition has no merits which is accordingly dismissed and leave to appeal refused. H.B.T./E-11/S Petition dismissed.
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