Case Details

Citation(s)
2019 SLG 3148 2019 SLD 3148 2019 PLC 1479
Supreme Court (AJ&K)
Civil Appeal No. 252 of 2017, decision Dated: 17-10-2018. Hearing Dated: 09-10-2018. (On appeal from the judgment of the High Court Dated 27-4-2018 in Writ Petition No. 3131 of 2016).
GHULAM MUSTAFA MUGHAL, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Asghar Ali Malik, Advocate
Respondent(s) by: Nasir Masood Mughal, Advocate

AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND 2 OTHERS

VS

DR. MEHBOOB SHEIKH AND 25 OTHERS

Law:

Section:

Career Structure for Health Personnel Scheme Ordinance (VI of 2011)--- ----Preamble---Employees of Health department---Grant of health allowance---Health personnel---Health allowance was not granted to the petitioners-employees on the ground that they were not rendering services in the hospitals---Writ petition filed by the employees was allowed---Validity---Health personnel in Health Department of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were entitled for health allowance as admissible to health personnel in the Federal Government---Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government had granted health allowance to the health personnel in health Department of Azad Jammu and Kashmir---Petitioners-employees were serving in health department and they were delivering services in health sector---Petitioners were health personnel, in circumstances, and were entitled for health allowance---Impugned did not suffer from any illegality or infirmity---Appeal was dismissed, in circumstances. THIS JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY: CH. MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM ZIA, J.---- The captioned appeal by leave of the Court arises out of the judgment of the High Court dated 27-4-2018, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondents, herein, has been accepted. 2. The facts forming the background of the captioned appeal are that the respondents, herein, filed a writ petition before the Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court alleging therein that they are serving in the Directorate of Malaria (CDC) in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Health Department. It was stated that all the staff is working in the field area and the staff which is deputed in the office is also working in relevant laboratories for prevention of dengue fever etc. It was provided that the Government of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir vide notification dated 14.09.2015 granted the facility of the health allowance to the employees serving in the health department. It was stated in the notification that all the employees serving in the health department would be eligible to health allowance, but the respondents, herein, have arbitrarily been ignored. It was stated that they have been discriminated because the similarly placed other employees serving in D.H.O. office and ADHO (CDC) are…
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