NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN vs ZAHOOR AHMED MENGAL Employee admittedly absent from duty

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NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS ZAHOOR AHMED MENGAL Employee admittedly absent from duty---Disciplinary proceedings---Regular inquiry---Scope---Where the fact of absence from duty was admitted, there was no need for holding of a regular enquiry for that there was no disputed fact involved to be enquired into. Citation Name: 2021 SCMR 144 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS ZAHOOR AHMED MENGAL Employee of National Bank of Pakistan ('the bank')---Absence from duty---Termination of employment---Employee had remained absent from 31-10-2014 to 7-4-2016 except for one day i.e. 2-2-2016, when he stated to have reported for duty---Employee was issued three absence notices by the Bank at various times to join duty but he failed to do so, rather took a plea that on account of a tribal feud and threats to his life he was unable to work in the Bank---Employee did not provide any material or evidence showing that in fact there was any tribal feud or there was a threat to his life and even no instance in such regard whatsoever was pointed out by him---Not even an FIR of any incident showing threat to the life of the employee was provided to the Bank---In the face of admitted absence from duty, there was no need to hold a regular enquiry in the present case---Service of employee had rightfully been terminated---Appeal was allowed. Citation Name: 2021 SCMR 144 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS ZAHOOR AHMED MENGAL R. 9(3)---Extraordinary leave without pay ('EOL')---Scope---Unauthorised absence from duty---While imposing penalty on the employee in the case of unauthorized absence, the absence period treated as an EOL was not a punishment, rather it was a treatment given to the absence period, which the employer was entitled to do.

NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN vs ZAHOOR AHMED MENGAL Employee admittedly absent from duty — 2021 SCMR 144 SUPREME-COURT

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