Staff Reporter
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday rejected the review plea of a former worker of Lahore’s General Post Office (GPO) who had been terminated over receiving pension funds of a deceased lady for two years.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial conducted hearing of a review petition filed by a former GPO employee, Naeem Akhtar, against his termination from the employment.
An official from the GPO’s department produced payments slips of the pension funds before the top court’s bench which were received by Akhtar consistently for two years.
During the hearing, Akhtar’s lawyer said that the pension money was retrieved by the department and the case is still under proceeding in the court. The counsel said that the punishment for termination from the employment was strictest despite the recovery of the pension funds.
He added that Akhtar had served the department for 25 years. The counsel sought relaxation in the sentence from the top court.
Justice Ijazul Ahsan remarked that the matter which is heard by the top court has nothing to do with the criminal action. Justice Umar Ata Bandial pointed out that if the petitioner has performed duties at GPO for 25 years than he has also committed a serious crime of financial fraud by receiving pension funds of a deceased lady.
