ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST) on Wednesday redirected the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to submit a reply before the tribunal in cases seeking grant of time-scale.
The FST bench comprising Syed Rafique Hussain, Syed Muhammad Hamid heard the cases filed by the FBR employees. The bench sought board’s reply on a number of matters being contested by the employees.
At least 40 appellants had filed complaints regarding grant of time-scale, including Mansoor Ahmed, Nadeem Khan, Khuram Azam, Babar Ahmed, Naheed Sultana and others.
They had submitted that board administration had not heard their petition in this regard. Hence, the tribunal may issue an appropriate direction to the board in this regard.
Meanwhile, the bench also heard a promotion matter filed by M Iqbal. Hearing on this case was adjourned by the bench. M Iqbal had filed an Implementation matter which was pending before the tribunal since months.