' ALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH, J.--This is a petition for leave to appeal against the order of the Punjab Service Tribunal, dated 27-11-1985.
2. The petitioner was posted as Patwari, Circle Hardo-Deori, Tchsil Gujranwala. He obtained certain amounts from the Lambardar of village Dandian but he did not deposit the same in the treasury.
On the complaint of the Lambardar, a preliminary enquiry was conducted by the Tehsildar. The petitioner did not turn up to defend himself and thus he was placed under suspension. The Collector then charge-sheeted him and a Magistrate was appointed as an Enquiry Officer. The Magistrate after recording necessary evidence exonerated the petitioner. The Collector, however, did not agree and another enquiry was ordered to be held against the petitioner and it was entrusted to Mehr Akbar Ali, Magistrate 1st Class, but the said officer was transferred and the enquiry was handed over to the City Magistrate. He held the petitioner guilty of charges and the Collector after hearing the petitioner dismissed him from service on 17-61984. The appeal of the petitioner was dismissed by the Commissioner, Gujranwala, on 23-12-1984, and that by the Tribunal on 27-11-1985.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has been heard and the record has been perused. There is consistent evidence against the petitioner that he had received certain amount from the Lambardar as land revenue but he did not deposit the same in time and thus was guilty of embezzlement. The authority was, therefore, right in dispensing with his services. The petition has no merit and is dismissed.
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