1. MUHAMMAD HALEEM, C.J.--In this appeal the adverse remarks recorded in the Annual Confidential Report against the respondent for the reporting period 1-1-1981 to 9-6-1981 were communicated to him by the Registrar, Lahore High Court, Lahore, by his letter dated 1st of October, 1982, which were impugned before the Punjab Service Tribunal, but while the appeal was pending they were expunged from his report. Accordingly, the Tribunal disposed of the appeal as having become in fructuous. " not all. Before arriving at this conclusion question of the competency of the appeal under S.4 of the Punjab Service Tribunal Act, 1974, and held that it was " competent while rejecting the contention of the appellant that Article 203 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was a bar to the entertainment of the appeal.
2. As the issue was not alive and the Service Tribunal had disposed of the appeal as being infructuous, the consideration of the legal question, in our view, is purely an academic exercise, and we would leave it to be considered in some other appropriate case.
3. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed, but with no order as to costs. revisions by the competent authorities. Therefore, it is advisable to consult the official sources or legal professionals for the most up-to-date and accurate information.