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| 2022 SLG 1208 2022 SLD 1208 2022 SCMR 1583 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeal No. 17-Q of 2021, decision dated: 18th April, 2022. (Against the judgment dated 07.04.2021 Balochistan Service Tribunal, Quetta, in S.A. No. 542 of 2019)
SARDAR TARIQ MASOOD AND MUHAMMAD ALI MAZHAR, JUSTICE
Ayaz Khan Swati, Additional A.G. Balochistan for Appellants. M. Rauf Ata, Advocate Supreme Court for
Respondents Nos. 2, 3, 5 7-10, 12 and 13.
Respondents Nos. 1, 4, 10 in person.
Civil Appeal No. 17-Q of 2021, decision dated: 18th April, 2022. (Against the judgment dated 07.04.2021 Balochistan Service Tribunal, Quetta, in S.A. No. 542 of 2019)
SARDAR TARIQ MASOOD AND MUHAMMAD ALI MAZHAR, JUSTICE
Ayaz Khan Swati, Additional A.G. Balochistan for Appellants. M. Rauf Ata, Advocate Supreme Court for
Respondents Nos. 2, 3, 5 7-10, 12 and 13.
Respondents Nos. 1, 4, 10 in person.
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, QUETTA and anothers
VS
FIDA MUHAMMAD and others
Law: Balochistan Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 2009
Section: 9(6)
(a) Balochistan Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 2009--- ----R. 9(6)---Reinstatement in service---Violation of principles of natural justice---Vested right to appointment---Locus poenitentiae, doctrine of---Appointment letters were cancelled through an omnibus order without disclosing any reason, providing any opportunity of hearing or issuing any show cause notice---Legality---In the present case all the appointment letters were issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Police with the approval of the Inspector General of Police after fulfillment of and contentment of required codal formalities including the recommendation of Departmental Selection Committee, constituted by the competent authority---All the respondents/employees were appointed on different posts in BPS-1 as admissible under the Balochistan Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 2009 (‘the 2009 Rules’) against the existing vacancies---Appointment letters did not reflect that all the appointments were made for one District only, but names of other various districts were also mentioned---No convincing or persuasive raison d’ tre was brought forward to assume the ground of debarring the respondents from selection in view of the rigors of Rule 9(6) of the Rules, which did not seem to have been violated in any way while appointing the respondents on the recommendation of the Departmental Selection Committee---Nothing was articulated to allege that the respondents by hook and crook managed their appointments or committed any misrepresentation or fraud or their appointments were made on political consideration or motivation or they were not eligible or not local residents of the district advertised for inviting applications for the job---Despite that, an omnibus order was issued by the DIG Police for cancellation of appointments without disclosing any reason for cancellation or withdrawal and without issuing any show cause notice or providing any opportunity of audience to the respondents---Appointing authority had, therefore, violated the principle of natural justice and due process were appointed after fulfilling codal formalities which created vested…
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