Case Details

Citation(s)
2019 SLG 859 2019 SLD 859 2019 PLC 333
Supreme Court of Pakistan
C. Sh. A. 1 of 2012 and C.M.A. 3726 of 2012, decision & hearing Dated: 19-09-2018. (Against the order Dated 30-10-2012 passed by Federal Shariat Court in Sh. Mis. Application No. 7/1 of 2012).
MUSHIR ALAM, JUSTICE SARDAR TARIQ MASOOD, JUSTICE DR. MUHAMMAD KHALID MASUD, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: person.
Respondent(s) by: Zahid Yousaf Qureshi, AG, KP, Muhammad Ayaz Swati, AG Balochistan, Sharial Qazi, AG Sindh, Barrister Qasim Chohan Addl. AG, Punjab and Ilyas Bhatti, Addl.AG for Pakistan

MAQBOOL AHMAD QURESHI, ADVOCATE

VS

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY LAW AND JUSTICE AND OTHERS

Law: Civil Servants Act, 1973

Section: 17

Law: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants Act, (XVIII of 1973)

Section: 17

Law:

Section: 16

Law: Sindh Civil Servants Act, (XIV of 1973)

Section: 18

Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973)--- ----S. 17, Proviso II---Sindh Civil Servants Act (XIV of 1973), S. 18, Proviso II---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants Act (XVIII of 1973), S. 17, Proviso II---Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974), S. 16, Proviso II---Balochistan Civil Servants Act (IX of 1974), S.17, Proviso II---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 203-F---Repugnancy to Injunctions of Islam---Order of dismissal, removal from service or reduction in rank set aside---Entitlement to back benefits/ arrears on reinstatement---Plea of appellant before the Federal Shariat Court was that civil servants who were dismissed and or removed from service did not render any service during the intervening period till their restoration and or reinstatement; that Proviso II to S.17 of Civil Servants Act, 1973, Proviso II to S.18 of Sindh Civil Servants Act, 1973), Proviso II to S.17 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants Act, 1973), Proviso II to S.16 of Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974), and Proviso II to S.17 of Balochistan Civil Servants Act, 1974, which provided the concerned authority with the discretion to grant back benefits on reinstatement, were misused and abused by the reinstated civil servants, therefore such provisions, were repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam and should not be allowed to remain on the statute book---Federal Shariat Court dismissed the petition by holding that the impugned provisions did not provide for automatic grant of arrears of the intervening period between dismissal/removal/reduction in rank and restoration to the original position; that the authority vested under the law to make such an order, depending upon law, facts and circumstances, may determine, inter alia, question relating to reinstatement, etc., including restoration to original position, in seniority, cadre, and post, treatment of intervening period as duty or on leave and its kind---Held, that appellant did not cite any Nass of the Holy Quran and Sunnah of Holy Prophet (PBUH), which was sine qua non to seek declaration of the kind sought by the appellant---No exception could be taken to the view formed by the Federal Shariat Court in the impugned ---Ayah 188 of Surah Baqrah…
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