Case Details

Citation(s)
2016 SLG 2438 2016 SLD 2438 2016 SCMR 1961
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petition No. 261-K of 2016, decided on 16th June, 2016. Date of hearing: 9th June, 2016. (On appeal from the judgment Dated 22.03.2016 in C.P. No. D-696 of 2015 passed by the High Court of Sindh, Karachi)
EJAZ AFZAL KHAN, JUSTICE AND QAZI FAEZ ISA, JUSTICE
Farrukh Zia Sheikh, Advocate Supreme Court and Abdul Aziz Khan, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Khalid Javed Khan, Advocate Supreme Court and K.A. Wahab, Advocate-on-Record (absent) for
Respondents Nos. 1 and 2.

AZHAR HAYAT

VS

KARACHI PORT TRUST through Chairman and others

Law:

Section:

(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----O. XXIII, R. 1(3)--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition before High Court withdrawn as not pressed---Subsequent suit on the same subject filed without permission of court---Whether petitioner should be non-suited for not obtaining permission of court to file fresh suit---Petitioner had filed Constitutional petition before the High Court which was "not pressed"---Few days later petitioner filed a suit before the High Court on the same subject matter, which was converted into a Constitutional petition by the court---Held, that petitioner should have been non-suited because O. XXIII, R. 1(3), C.P.C stipulated that where the plaintiff withdrew from a suit without being given permission to institute a fresh suit in respect of the same subject-matter or such part of claim, he would be precluded from doing so. (b) Civil service--- ----Permanent absorption of an officer of the Armed Forces into a Government department---Scope---Petitioner, who was a serving naval officer was seconded to Karachi Port Trust ("KPT") as its General Manager (Operations) for a period of three years---Petitioner retired from the Navy during his service in KPT---Whether permanent absorption of petitioner in KPT was permissible---Paragraph 2(a) of No.4/85 of the Joint Services Instructions and Serial No.214, Part V, Chapter 2 of Volume I of the Estacode stipulated that officers may be seconded to a government department for a period of up to three years and only in exceptional circumstances such period could be extended by another year---Paragraph 2(b) of No.4/85 of the Joint Services Instructions, which provided for permanent absorption was not a self-executing provision; as an incumbent had to seek his retirement from his parent service, which in the case of the petitioner was the Navy---Petitioner neither sought early retirement from the Navy nor had retired from the Navy before the due retirement date in order to be considered for permanent absorption in KPT---Since the petitioner did not seek his retirement from the Navy nor was prematurely retired therefrom the question of his permanent absorption in the civil cadre/KPT…
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