S.A. NUSRAT, J.--All the above petitions were dismissed by) the learned Federal Service Tribunal as- per impugned judgment as being hopelessly time-barred and the petitioners having failed to furnishany satisfactory explanation for the condonation of delay. Such findings of the learned Tribunal are unexceptionable. The petitions are, therefore, dismissed.
2. However, the petitioners have, by way of alternative, showed their willingness to accept the offer of the Government contained it: paragraph 8 of our judgment passed in Civil Appeal No. 140 of 1984 and Civil Petition No. 121-R of 1983 (and 367 other petitions) decided on 29-2-1984, reported as Federation of Pakistan v . Riaz Ahmad Baig and others 1.984 SCMR 759. Though the option now made by the petitioners is somewhat delayed, we expect that it shall be considered by the Government on its own merits.