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(a) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Art. 199---Public University---Officers of University---Criteria for appointment of Vice-Chancellor---Constitution of a search committee---"Subject/field expert"---Scope---Petitioner impugned process of appointment of Vice-Chancellor for University of Agriculture inter alia, on ground that the search committee constituted for the same was not in compliance with the principles established in the case of Punjab Higher Education Commission v. Dr. Aurangzeb Alamgir and others [PLD 2017 Lahore 489]---Validity---Substantive part of process of appointment of Vice-Chancellor was scrutiny by search committee and not the act of the advertisement unless and until it was shown that such advertisement was deficient in material particulars---"Subject/field" expert qualified to be on a search committee if he could establish his expertise in the specialized subject and held the highest degree (preferably Doctorate) in the said subject with substantial and direct experience in such subject/field---In the present case, there was inclusion of a person in the search committee as "subject/field expert" whose resume did not show mainstream or direct involvement in Agriculture, and was therefore not a "subject / field expert"---High Court set aside constitution of the impugned search committee and directed Provincial Government to constitute a new search committee in line with the definition of "subject/field expert"---Constitutional petition was allowed, accordingly. Punjab Higher Education Commission v. Dr. Aurangzeb Alamgir and others PLD 2017 Lah. 489; American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 5th Edition-2016; Collins English Dictionary-Complete and Unabridged, 12 Edition 2014 and Economics, V.1, pp.818, 825 rel. (b) Words and phrases--- ----"Expert"---Meaning---Expert was a person with a high degree of knowledge of a certain subject or having skill or knowledge in a particular field. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 5th Edition-2016 and Collins English Dictionary-Complete and Unabridged, 12 Edition 2014 rel. THIS JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY: SYED MANSOOR ALI SHAH, CHIEF JUSTICE:---.--- This judgment shall decide the…

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