Justice delayed: Sacked in 2004, man still fighting in court

Federal Services Tribunal seeks reply from Pakistan Postal Service by April 15.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Services Tribunal (FST) has admitted a review petition of a Pakistan Postal Services (PPS) employee, who was terminated from service while he was posted in Gilgit-Baltistan during 2004.

The tribunal, which had earlier rejected Syed Muhammad Nawaz’s appeal in November 2014, admitted the review petition against its own decision and sought reply from the postal service by April 15, 2015.

Nawaz was fired on May 10, 2004, and his departmental appeal was rejected on October 6 the same year. He moved the then Northern Areas Chief Court but the court said the case did not fell under its jurisdiction.

Later in 2006, he filed a case with a civil judge in Gilgit which decided the case on September 21, 2013, restoring Nawaz’s service with all dues starting from the day he was terminated. The petitioner then moved Gilgit Baltistan Services Tribunal for the implementation of the verdict, but the tribunal said PPS was a federal organisation and out of its jurisdiction.

The petitioner then filed a case with FST on September 15, 2014. The appeal was earlier rejected on November 15. However, the tribunal has now admitted a review petition and sought reply from PPS by April 15, 2015.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15^th, 2015.