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Abdul Latif Ansari, Advocate Supreme Court and Mazhar Ali B. Chohan, Advocate-on-Record for Appellants. Anwar Hussain, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondents Nos.1, 4 and 5. Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act (XXII of 2010)--- ----Preamble---Contract employees of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)---No right of regularization in service---Contract employees in question were employed by WAPDA on contract basis for a specific project---Appointment letters of contract employees mentioned that they were employed on contract basis and shall have no right to claim regular absorption in WAPDA---Extension of contract period of said employees during the completion process of the project did not give them any right to claim regularization in WAPDA---High Court had correctly found that Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act, 2010 was not applicable to the contract employees in the present case---Appeal was dismissed accordingly. Anwar Ali Sahto v. Federation of Pakistan PLD 2002 SC 101 ref. ORDER AMIR HANI MUSLIM, J.---It is contended by learned counsel for appellants that the learned High Court has erroneously held that the appellants are not covered by the provisions of the Sacked Employees (Re-instatement) Act, 2010 and that they were contract employees of the Project. He further contended that the appellants were employees of the WAPDA and irrespective of the fact that the Project was completed, they continued to be the employees of the WAPDA and, therefore, their services could not have been terminated on this score alone. As against this, the learned counsel representing the respondent-WAPDA has contended that the issue raised in this appeal is fully covered by the judgment of this Court in the case reported as Anwar Ali Sahto v. Federation of Pakistan (PLD 2002 Supreme Court 101),…

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