HYDERABAD: The Sindh police has dismissed a female junior clerk posted in Hyderabad after a departmental inquiry found her guilty of serious misconduct, indiscipline, and violating service rules.
According to an official dismissal order, Maria Sario, a Grade-11 junior clerk, was removed from service with immediate effect under the Sindh Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1973.
The disciplinary proceedings were initiated after the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Hyderabad, in a letter dated June 26, 2023, informed higher authorities that an FIR had been registered against the employee and also reported allegations of misconduct.
On the basis of the report, she was suspended on March 3, 2026, and the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Mirpurkhas Range, was appointed as the inquiry officer. The inquiry report, submitted on June 20, 2026, recommended a major penalty against the employee. A final show-cause notice was subsequently issued to her on July 3.
The report stated that on June 3, 2026, while Maria Sario was on two months’ official leave, a group of transgender persons arrived at the SSP Office Hyderabad and created a disturbance. During talks with the group, police officials found that they had neither submitted a legal complaint nor a formal application. Their only demand was that Maria Sario be appointed in charge of the Women and Children Facilitation Cell.
The inquiry alleged that she had previously used similar protests and pressure tactics to seek postings of her choice and obtain undue benefits within the department. It concluded that involving outside groups to influence official decisions and bypassing departmental procedures amounted to grave misconduct, indiscipline, and a violation of the Sindh civil servants conduct rules.
Although Maria Sario submitted a written reply and appeared for a personal hearing, the inquiry officer found her explanations unsatisfactory. The order also noted that she failed to submit a reply to the final show-cause notice within the prescribed time.
After reviewing the inquiry report, the available record, and her written and oral defence, the competent authority concluded that her conduct had brought the Sindh police into disrepute. Accepting the inquiry officer’s recommendations, the authority imposed the major penalty of dismissal. The dismissal order states that Maria Sario may file an appeal before the competent appellate forum within 30 days.
