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Civil service--- ----Employees of National Bank of Pakistan retired from service under Golden Handshake Scheme---Post-retirement benefits, grant of---Scope---Contention of petitioners-employees was that they were entitled for post-retirement benefits as per Circular by the Bank---Validity---Petitioners had retired from the Bank service in the years starting from 2002 to 2014---Terms and conditions of service of employees were to be governed under the Circular which was prevalent at the relevant time---Circular in question was issued much prior to the retirement of petitioners and their post-retirement benefits were to be governed under the said Circular---Medical facilities of the retirees were to be governed under the policy in vogue at the relevant time---Appeal was filed before Service Tribunal by those employees who retired from Bank service prior to the issuance of said Circular---Petitioners had retired after the issuance of said Circular---Case of petitioners was not at par with the employees who filed appeal before Service Tribunal---Even benefit of Circular was not available to the persons who severed their relation with the Bank while adopting Golden Handshake Scheme---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances. Muhammad Tariq Badr and another v. National Bank of Pakistan and others 2013 SCMR 314 ref. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: SHUJAAT ALI KHAN, J.--- Through this single order, I intend to decide this petition as well as Writ Petitions Nos.11690 of 2017, 10182 of 2017, 4755 of 2017, 7593 of 2017, 5399 of 2017, 6593 of 2017, 29975 of 2017, 34166 of 2017 and 22183 of 2017 having commonality of law and facts inasmuch as in all these petitions, the petitioners who retired from National Bank of Pakistan against the posts held by them at the relevant time in the years starting from 2002 to 2014, have prayed for issuance of direction to the respondent-Bank for grant of post-retirement benefits, including medical ceiling, in line with Circular No.19/95 dated 14.03.1995. In some of the petitions, the petitioners have also assailed vires of letter issued by the Bank authorities whereby the claim of the retirees for grant of post-retirement benefits as…

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