Case Details

Citation(s)
2017 SLG 1634 2017 SLD 1634 2017 PLD 19
Federal Shariat Court
Shariat Petition No. 4/I of 2008, decision Date : 31-10-2016, heard on: 27-09-2016
DR. ALLAMA FIDA MUHAMMAD KHAN, JUSTICE, SHEIKH NAJAM UL HASAN, JUSTICE, ZAHOOR AHMED SHAHWANI, JUSTICE, MRS. ASHRAF, JAHAN, JUSTICE
M. Parvez Khan Tanoli, Standing Counsel for Federal Government. Major Shah Jehan Khan, JUSTICEAG, GHQ, Rawalpindi for Pakistan Army. Capt. M. Nawaz Mirza and Commander Sami Waheed for Pakistan Navy. Group Captain Rana Nazir JAG, Headquarter Peshawar fo

COL (RETD.) MUHAMMAD AKRAM

VS

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY M/O DEFENCE, RAWALPINDI CANTT.

Law:

Section:

Pakistan Army Regulations-- ---.----Vol. 1, Rr. 133(q), 133(r) & 133(u)---.---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.203-D---.---Shariat petition---.---Vacation of appointment---.---Suspension from duty---.---Loss of temporary rank and its emoluments during suspension---.---Repugnancy to Injunctions of Islam---.---Plea that an officer of armed forces who was taken into custody or was suspended from duty or was attached on disciplinary grounds, remained innocent till he was proved 'guilty', however under Rr.133(q), 133(r) & 133(u) of Volume 1 of Pakistan Army Regulations, such officer on vacation of his appointment lost his temporary rank and its emoluments which was against the Injunctions of Islam; that in contrast a government servant remained entitled to service emoluments and all other benefits and facilities provided to him for the period he remained suspended from duty---.---Validity---.---Rule 133 of Volume 1 of Pakistan Army Regulations ('impugned Rule') mentioned only the conditions for vacation of appointment---.---Said Rule did not affect the rules in Pay and Allowances Regulations under which command charge, staff or additional pay may, in certain cases, continue to be admissible to an officer and his successor notwithstanding the fact that he had ceased to actually perform, the duties connected with that appointment---.---According to the impugned Rule, an officer lost only the temporary rank and not the substantive rank nor its emoluments to which he remained duly entitled---.---In case of acquittal, such an officer may be reappointed to the post he had vacated from the first day of vacation of his original appointment, and in case of his conviction, if he received a sentence of less than dismissal, he may be reappointed from the date he returned to duty---.---As far pay and allowances of such an officer were concerned, the impugned Rule specifically provided, that these would remain unaffected under the Pay and Allowances Regulations---.--- Petitioner could not refer to any specific Regulations in the Pay and Allowances Regulations which debarred such an officer from receiving his pay and allowances for the substantive ranks he held---.---Shariat…
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