Confidential

No. Chief (Education) 1001/2009

Government of the Punjab,
Planning and Development
Department
Dated Lahore January 24, 2009
To
The Chairman
Government of the Punjab,
Planning and Development Board
Lahore

Subject: Mismanagement of Facilities and Resources in Planning

and Development Department

Dear Sir

1) I will like to bring the following submissions in your kind notice:

a) Since my posting as Chief (Education) I am housed in Room

No. 309 of P&D Department.
b) On 20.1.2009 I left my office at 5 pm after I had finished my
work.
c) After I had left my office on 20.1.2009, the Administration
Section took the following unauthorized actions in my absence
without any prior notice:
I. My office at Room No. 309 was unlawfully vacated.
II. The record of my office was removed from the Room to
the unknown destination. The record contained the
Summaries for Chief Minister, Notes for Chairman P&D
Board and the cases for allocation of funds from Block
schemes in Education Sector pertaining to the following
schemes:
 Excellent Schools
 I.T Computer Labs in Secondary Schools
 Laps Funds of Public Sector Universities
 Distribution of Funds under Block Allocation
Schemes of School Education Sector
 Working Papers of 3 Literacy Schemes for PDWP
 Allocation of Funds to the Schemes identified by
Mr. Ahsen Iqbal, MNA

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  Allocation of Funds to the Schemes covered by
Chief Minister Directives
 Minutes of PDWP Meeting Held under the
Chairmanship of Chairman P&D Board on
18.1.2008.
 Draft Letter prepared for Secretary EAD for
approval of Revised Scheme “CIDA Debt Swap”
 My personal Record about ADP, Important
Summaries / Notes for Chairman P&D Board, ADP
Review by Chief Secretary, Status of the Schemes
………
 My personal files / research data.
Of Course this is not the exhaustive list. There could have
been more files / important cases under process in my
office. I may, therefore, not be held responsible for
any lapse in the cases which were under process in
my office on and before 20th January, 2009.
d) My PA Room and the computer were also physically withdrawn
from my access without any written orders.
e) My personal staff (Stenographer, Office Clerk and the Naib
Qasid) was withdrawn without provision of any substitute.
f) By withdrawal of Office Space / Staff and the Equipment I have
been made completely disfunctional and non operational as
Chief (Education) in Planning and Development Department.
2) I feel that:

a) There is no dearth of office space, staff and the equipment in

Planning and Development Department:
I. There are officers who have merged the two offices into
one by demolishing the common wall. This shows the
availability of surplus space in the office.
II. The consultants employed on market salary package
have been provided the best spaces of the office.
III. Two more floors are under construction in the office from
a couple of years. One floor is ready and waiting for the
allocation plan, but unluckily the Administration wing of
the department is not finding the time to finalize the
allocation plan of the available additional office space.
IV. It was found rather easier to dislodge me and my office
along with the offices of two Assistant Chiefs posted in
Regional Planning and Industries Sections for housing a
newly posted officer in the department.

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 V. If the Administration Section was hell bent upon
dislodging me from my office, some responsible officer
should have discussed the issue with me while I was
available in the office from 8 am to 5 pm on 20.1.2009.
These are the bare minimum values which are pre-
requisite for an organizational behavior.
b) The above actions of the Administration Section are against
the norms of courtesy and decency. My self respect as an
officer and gentleman is injured and trespassed. This has
disturbed my peace of mind and I feel that with the current
state of mind I will not be able to perform my duties in such an
uncertain and discouraging situation.
c) Such act of discrimination has sent a wave of shock and
frustration among the officers who have misfortune of being a
member of service cadre other than the DMG. The officers of
Planning and Development cadre feel frustrated upon the
disgraceful behavior of Administration of the P&D Department
with an officer who has rendered 27 years of meritorious
service in the organization.
d) In the current position i.e. without an office space, personal
staff and the equipment I am not in the position to perform my
duties as Chief (Education). This could delay implementation
of the important decisions announced by the Chief Minister
and the Chief Secretary, the responsibility of which will lie with
the Administration wing for making me disfunctional.
3) May I request you good self to kindly intervene in the matter and
provide me justice by taking the notice of administrative
discrimination done with me. My office, office record, personal
staff and the equipment as referred in para 1(c,d,e) above may
also be restored to enable me perform my duties.

Yours sincerely

Mahmood Khalid Qamar

Chief (Education)
Dated 24.1.2009

Copy is forwarded for information and necessary action to:

1) Member (Services Sector)

2) Secretary P&D Department
3) Additional secretary (Administration), P&D Department