Court Decision about IT Teacher Computer Allowance Sheikhupura Punjab

Order sheet appeal No 3538/2014 filed by Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti .

 

Succinctly stated the appellant Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti was appointed as IT/Computer Science Teacher on contract basis on 25.05.2006 in District Education Department Sheikhupura. After closure of project
of IT/Computer Science teacher on 30.06.2008 and as a result thereof the District Accounts Officer discontinued the computer allowance 0 its.1500/- w.e.f 01.07.2008. Aggrieved by this act of District Accounts Officer, the appellant Instead of filing departmental appeal lodged a complaint In the office of Ombudsman Punjab which was allowed with the direction to District Accounts Officer to pay the anew of computer allowance to the appellant, The respondent No.4 preferred representation to Governor Punjab which was accepted and the order of Ombudsman was set aside as the matter do not fail within the ambit of Ombudsman being a service matter. Appellant filed a review petition before Governor which was also rejected on 10.07.2014 being not competent. Therefore, he filed the instant appeal with the following prayer:-
'Under the circumstances, it is most respectfully prayed that by accepting this appeal, the impugned act/ orders discontinuing the computer may kindly be declared as illegal, unlawful, discriminatory, without jurisdiction and of no legal effect. Hence liable to be struck down by way of restoration of the same w.e.f 01-07-2008 with all the consequential benefits.
In order to determine as to whether this tribunal has jurisdiction to grant the relief as being asked far, section 4 of Punjab Service tribunal Act, 1975 is produced as below

Any civil servant aggrieved by any final' order, whether original or appellate, made by a departmental authority in respect of arty of the terms and conditions of his service may within thirty days of the communication of  such order to him or within six months of the establishment of the appropriate Tribunal, whichever is later prefer to the Tribunal.