ISLAMABAD: The Federal Service Tribunal (FST) has ruled that excessive posting and transfer of civil servants are in violation of rules.

The tribunal on Tuesday suspended the premature order issued by the director general (DG) National Savings in February to transfer an official who exposed fraudulent activities carried out by his colleagues.

The tribunal was moved by Moinuddin, who was working as branch manager at the National Savings, I-8 branch.

He cited the finance secretary, Director General National Saving Hamid Raza Khan and Joint Director Abdul Ghafoor as respondents.

The FST noted that Moin was transferred twice within the span of just three months whereas the services law had forbidden transferring employees of the federal government before three years of service at a station or office.

Moinuddin contended in his petition that he was posted out of revenge as he endeavoured to report about the illegal activities carried out by the officials of National Savings.

“I reported against a cashier who had illegally taken Rs1 million Behbood certificates from a client. I also reported against a person who had been working in the National Savings for the last five years without any official appointment,” Moin said, adding that he also unearthed a fraud case that caused clients a loss of more than Rs60 million.

Published in Dawn, March 17th, 2022