ABDUL QADEER CHAUDHRY, J.--The petitioner was serving as an Economic Investigator in the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment when the Bureau sent him on deputation to Riyadh Electric Company and Suburbs, Saudi Arabia on the basis of a contract dated 20-1-1980.
According to the clause 11 of the agreement the contract period was two years automatically renewable for a further period of 2 years on the end of the period (unless either party gave two months notice in writing to the other party of his intention to terminate the contract). The period of deputation of the petitioner was three years as is clear from the letter dated 13-2-1980. It was further stated in the aforesaid letter that any extension of period of deputation would not be made without the approval of the Government. The petitioner left Pakistan to join his post on 14-3-1980.
On 1-2-1983 he sent a request to the Director General, Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment for extension of period of deputation for another two years. The Bureau by its letter dated 14-2-1983 did not agree to extend the deputation and asked him to return after the expiry of his contract. The petitioner was also informed by letter dated 5-12-1982 that according to the latest instructions no extension would be granted to those who are on deputation and advised the petitioner to return after the expiry of his period of deputation i.e. 13-3-83. There was correspondence between parties. However, on 26-6-1983, the petitioner tendered his resignation which was accepted. On 18-6-198'3 the petitioner was served with a charge-sheet for remaining absent from duty. A public notice was also published in Daily Pakistan Times of its issue dated 24- 6-1983. The resignation was accepted by the competent Authority with effect from 7-7-1983. The petitioner on 9-8-84 wrote a letter to the respondent that he had tendered his resignation under protest and that he wanted to cancel his resignation dated 26-6-1983. The Bureau, however, replied that the resignation had already been accepted. The petitioner filed a departmental appeal which was rejected on 3-11-1986. The petitioner then approached the Federal Service Tribunal. His appeal was dismissed by the Tribunal on the ground that he had himself tendered his resignation. Hence this petition for leave to appeal.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the resignation was tendered under duress and thereafter he withdrew his resignation. The letter of resignation reads as hereunder:- "In reply to your Charge Sheet, I have nothing to state more than what I have stated in my letters dated 1st and 23rd February, 1983 (copy enclosed) addressed to you and in my appeal to the Minister of Labour dated 3rd May, 1983, detail of which may be obtained from the Ministry of Labour and Manpower.
From the tone of the Bureau's letter it appears to me that no reasoning is going to work, I have therefore, to submit my resignation from the Bureau of Emigration in line with Bureau's letter No.BE(Admn-Estt) 2(96)/76/696 dated 26th March 1983 (copy enclosed) in order to close the subject."
3. The petitioner had himself tendered the resignation which was accepted by the competent authority. After a delay of more than one year, the earlier option given by the petitioner whereby he tendered his resignation could not be recalled. The Service Tribunal has dealt with all the aspects of the case. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. Leave to appeal is refused and consequently the petition is dismissed.