Case Details

Citation(s)
2021 SLG 1082 2021 SLD 1082 2021 PLC 537
Sindh High Court
Constitution Petition No. D-2115 of 2014, decided on 17th September, 2020, Date of hearing: 17th September, 2020.
ABDUL MAALIK GADDI, JUSTICE, ADNAN-UL-KARIM MEMON, JUSTICE
Ms. Nasim Abbasi for Petitioners. Hymayoon Khan, Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan. Mumtaz Alam Laghari for
Respondents Nos.2 and 3.

MANSOOR AND ANOTHER

VS

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD AND 2 OTHERS

Law: Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996

Section: 35,36

Law: Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act, 1991

Section: 9

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

(a) Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act (XVII of 1996)--- ----Ss.35 36---Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act (XVIII of 1991), S.9 [since repealed]---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitution petition---Maintainability--- Transfer of departmental employees of corporation---Statutory terms and conditions of service of such employee---Petitioners were appointed in Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited to serve anywhere in the region of their initial appointment---Services of all employees of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd. having been transferred to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited in terms of Ss.35 36 of Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996, terms and conditions of their services had remained the same---Petitioners could not be transferred/posted outside the region for which they were initially appointed---Said protected terms and conditions could not be varied to their (employees) disadvantage --- Said employees did not remain civil servants and Legislature also bound the Federal Government to guarantee the existing terms and conditions of service of transferred employees which were essentially statutory---Violation of any of them would, thus, be amenable to the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Constitutional petition was held to be maintainable. P.T.C.L v. Masood Ahmed Bhatti 2016 SCMR 1362 ref. (b) Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act (XVII of 1996)--- ----Ss. 35 36---Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act (XVIII of 1991), S.9 [since repealed]---Transfer---Cancellation of---Employees of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited which department was converted into Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited---Petitioners (telephone operators) sought cancellation of their transfer, out of region, on the ground that they were illegally transferred just to pressurize them to accept Voluntarily Separation Scheme (VSS) ---Petitioners were appointed in Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited to serve anywhere in the region of their initial appointment---Since services of all employees of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd. were transferred to…
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