Case Details

Citation(s)
2015 SLG 297 2015 SLD 297 2015 PLC 201
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeal No. 34 of 2012, decided on 7th April, 2014.(On appeal against the judgment dated 5-4-2011 passed by the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad, in W.P. No. 4738 of 2010)
NASIR-UL-MULK, SARMAD, JALAL OSMANY AND AMIR HANI MUSLIM, JJ
Shoaib Shaheen, Advocate Supreme Court for Appellant. Sohail Mehmood, DAG and Raja Abdul Ghafoor, Advocate-on-Record for
Respondents

Peer MUKARRAMULHAQ

VS

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 48(1),189,190,212(3),148(1)

Law: Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1977

Section: 5

Law: Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance (XVII of 2000)

Section: 3(1)(a)

Law: Civil Servants Act, 1973

Section: 23

(a) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts. 48(1), 189, 190 & 212(3)---Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973), S. 23---Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1977, R. 5---Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance (XVII of 2000), S. 3(1)(a) [since repealed]---Constitutional obligation of the President of Pakistan to ensure implementation of the s of the Supreme Court---Scope---Dismissal of civil servant from service attaining finality after of Supreme Court---President ordering re-instatement of such civil servant on grounds of hardship under S. 23 of Civil Servants Act, 1973---Legality and effect---President nullifying findings of the Supreme Court---Civil servant in question was dismissed from service on charge of un-authorized absence from duty---Civil servant preferred departmental appeal under S. 23 of Civil Servants Act, 1973 before the President (competent authority), which remained undecided---Consequently civil servant filed appeal before the Service Tribunal, which was allowed, however Supreme Court in its appellate jurisdiction maintained penalty of dismissal from service---Such of the Supreme Court attained finality---Subsequent to Supreme Court's civil servant preferred second appeal/review to the President under S. 23 of Civil Servants Act, 1973, which was ultimately allowed, and civil servant was reinstated in service---Held, such order by the President was per se violative of the of the Supreme Court given under Art. 212(3) of the Constitution, whereby penalty of dismissal from service was maintained---Such order by the President (competent authority) offended Art. 190 of the Constitution, which mandated that all executive and judicial authorities shall act in aid of the Supreme Court---Civil servant had already availed the right of appeal against his dismissal from service in terms of R.5 of Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1977---Civil servant having exhausted his remedy of appeal in the original proceedings (before the Service Tribunal and the Supreme Court), could not in law, file a second appeal and/or review under S. 23 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973, as such appeal/review would offend the provisions of Art. 212(3) of the Constitution---Findings…
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