' FAQIR MUHAMMAD KHOKHAR, J.-- The petitioner seeks leave to appeal from judgment dated 15-3- 2001, passed by the Federal Service Tribunal, Lahore (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal), in Appeal No,1550(L) of 1999.
2. The petitioner while posted as A.S.-I., Traffic Police, Lahore, was issued a show-cause notice dated 8-9-1998 which was replied to by him. He was dismissed from service by order dated 9-9- 1998, passed by the Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Lahore. The appeal of the petitioner there against was also dismissed by the D.I.-G. Traffic, by order dated 15-6-1999. Therefore he preferred regular Service Appeal No,1550 of 1999 before the Tribunal which was also dismissed by the impugned judgment dated 15-3-2001. Hence, this petition for leave to appeal.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argued that no regular inquiry was conducted and the petitioner was summarily dismissed from service on a private complaint the authenticity of which was not determined in regular proceedings. It was further submitted that no reasonable opportunity of hearing was granted to the petitioner before imposition of extreme penalty of dismissal from service. It was lastly submitted that in any case the petitioner had put in more than 22 years of service, therefore, he could be awarded major penalty of compulsory retirement from service.
4. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and have also gone through the relevant record. We find that the petitioner was proceeded against for accepting illegal gratification for releasing a wagon. A bogus printed Challan book was also recovered from his possession by the Superintendent of Police. The departmental authorities as well as the Tribunal have recorded concurrent findings of fact that the petitioner was guilty of the charges against him.
This petition does not involve any substantial question of law of public importance within the meaning of Article 212(3) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. The impugned judgment does not suffer from any legal infirmity. Ordinarily, we are expected to substitute one penalty for another without there being any exceptional circumstances.
5. For the foregoing reasons, we do not find any merit in this petition, which is dismissed and leave to appeal is refused accordingly.