SITI SUHANA BINTI SUID v 1. ) Lembaga Tatatertib Kumpulan Pengurusan (No.2), Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan 2. ) Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

wa-25-209-05-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 January 2026 • WA-25-209-05/2024 • 29 min read
10 cases cited (0 SG, 10 foreign)

Catchwords

Judicial review-Applicant was approved no pay leave to accompany husband on overseas assignment-failed to report for duty when leave ended-1st disciplinary action taken against her not a view to dismissal or reduction in rank-given warning and reduced salary for 36 months-appealed to the Disciplinary Board under the Public Services Disciplinary Board Regulations (PSDBR)-2nd disciplinary action taken thereafter as Applicant continued to be absent from work-action taken with a view to dismissal and reduction in rank-was eventually dismissed-challenged the decisions of both the Disciplinary Authorities on various grounds-inter alia failed to consider her reasons for her absence-decision to dismiss her taken when her appeal was still pending-appeal eventually not considered as she had been dismissed, no longer an officer within meaning of PSDBR -whether the Appeal Board had jurisdiction to reject her appeal

Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (5)

AmerBON, Advocates Firm Edmund Bon Tai Soon Counsel Applicant Lee Yee Wei Counsel Applicant Micheal Cheah Ern Tien Counsel Applicant Safiyyah binti Omar Counsel Respondent

Parties (4)

Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent Lembaga Tatatertib Kumpulan Pengurusan (No.2), Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Respondent SURUHANJAYA PERKHIDMATAN AWAM MALAYSIA Respondent Siti Suhana binti Suid Applicant

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution
Art 132(1)

Cases Cited (10)

MY (10)
[1997] 2 MLJ 361 [1998] 1 MLJ 153 [1999] 3 MLJ 1 [2008] 1 MLJ 725 [2010] 3 MLJ 753 [2012] 3 MLJ 149 [2017] 6 MLJ 586 [2022] 5 MLJ 472 [2022] MLJU 1560 [2025] 6 CLJ 373

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