| Citation(s) |
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| 2014 SLG 1228 2014 SLD 1228 2014 PLC 29 |
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No.6763 of 2008, heard on 18-07-2013
IJAZ UL AHSAN AND SHAHID BILAL HASSAN, JJ
Tariq Masood Khan for Petitioner. Muhammad Shahzad Shaukat, Legal Advisor University of the Punjab, Lahore for
Respondents.
Writ Petition No.6763 of 2008, heard on 18-07-2013
IJAZ UL AHSAN AND SHAHID BILAL HASSAN, JJ
Tariq Masood Khan for Petitioner. Muhammad Shahzad Shaukat, Legal Advisor University of the Punjab, Lahore for
Respondents.
Lt. Commander (Retired) NAEEM JAVED
VS
UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB through Vice Chancellor, Lahore and another
Law:
Section:
(a) Constitution of Pakistan----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Civil service---Non-statutory rules of service---Principle of "master and servant"---Scope----Principle of "master and servant" was applicable to the employees whose services were not governed by any statutory rules---Constitutional petition was not competent. (b) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Civil service---Contractual employee---Termination of contract---Claim of re-instatement---Scope---Where the services of contract employee were terminated before time, at best, he could claim damages to the extent of unexpired period of his service---Constitutional petition was not maintainable. Federation of Pakistan v. Muhammad Azam Chattha 2013 SCMR 120 rel. (c) University of the Punjab Act (IX of 1973)--- ----S. 15(3)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Termination of retired employee appointed on contract---Applicability of government directive on autonomous University---Scope---Petitioner after his retirement was appointed on contract basis in the University---Government issued direction to remove all employees appointed after retirement on contract basis---Before completion of tenure of contract, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, while complying with the directive of government relieved the petitioner from the University service---Contention was University was not under the administrative control or supervision of the government, directive issued by the government was not binding on University being governed by an independent statute---Validity---University being an autonomous body was not bound by the directive issued by the government---University administration was empowered to decide whether they were to follow the directions given by the government or not---University authorities, in their wisdom opted to follow the directions of the government issued in respect of appointment of retired employees---University administration had taken a step in the right direction as all postings/appointments should normally be made on regular basis after the publication and observance of necessary…
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