MIAN FAIZ KARIM (MEMBER).--Miss Farzana Aziz has filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974 in which she has impleaded the respondents as mentioned above.
2. Through this appeal the appellant has prayed that the seniority list may be corrected by respondent No.1 and she be shown at serial No. 139 in place of respondent No.2.
3. Brief facts of the case and grounds for the appeal are that the appellant joined service on 1-9- 1956 whereas respondents Nos.2, 3, 4 and 5 joined on 10-9-1956, 1-10-1956, 21-1-1957 and 1-6-1957 respectively and as such they are junior to the appellant. It, was contended by the appellant that Government of Punjab, through Secretary Education issued final seniority list of lady officers in N.P.S.-17 vide order dated 23-11-1980 and the date of appointment of the appellant has wrongly been shown as 2-9-1957. Through this mistake the appellant has been shown junior than that of respondents Nos.2 to 5. Hence this appeal.
4. We have heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the appellant as well as the learned District Attorney for respondents and perused the relevant record.
5. The learned counsel for the appellant pleaded the points as raised in para. 3 above. The learned District Attorney opposed the appeal on the ground that she was appointed as S.S.T. On 1-9-1956 on purely temporary basis. As she was on probation for one year it was extended upto 31-8-1960.
Then she was confirmed on 1-9-1960. She never made any representation against her wrong date of appointment till her confirmation. The learned District Attorney also pointed out that after promotion against the higher post in N.P.S.-17 the inter se seniority in the lower grade remains intact. Lastly according to her own version that her representation was sent to the Director Education in July, 1982 her appeal before the tribunal has become time-barred.
6. After careful consideration of the case bearing the above facts, we are of the opinion that regardless of the merits of the case the appeal is time-barred and accordingly the appeal is dismissed.
There will be no order as to costs.
A.E Appeal dismissed