Case Details

Citation(s)
2021 SLG 1396 2021 SLD 1396 2021 SCMR 977
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeals Nos. 617 to 626 of 2020, decided on 26th April, 2021, Date of hearing: 23rd February, 2021. (Against judgment Dated 12.02.2020 of Peshawar High Court, Bannu Bench, passed in Writ Petitions Nos. 759-B, 296-B, 586-B, 609-B, 581-B, 192-B, 195-B
IJAZ UL AHSAN, JUSTICE, SAYYED MAZAHAR ALI AKBAR NAQVI, JUSTICE
Ghulam Mohyuddin Malik, Advocate Supreme Court for Appellants (via video link from Peshawar). M. Shoaib Shaheen, Advocate Supreme Court for
Respondents Nos. 1-5 (in C.A No. 617 of 2020) and for
Respondent No. 1 (in C.As. Nos.623-626 of 2020)). M. Junaid

KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK UNIVERSITY THROUGH Vice Chancellor AND OTHErs

VS

JABRAN ALI KHAN AND OTHERS

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

(a) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Act (X of 2012)--- ----S. 23---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Syndicate of a University---Interference in internal working of a Syndicate by the High Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction---Scope---Where a matter related to the internal working and procedures of the Syndicate, then in the absence of bias, partiality or lack of transparency on the part of a Committee (acting on instructions and authorization of the Syndicate) the same could not be interfered with---Where the committee, under lawfully delegated authority passed an order which addressed the issues raised by the High Court, the same could not be rejected (by the High Court) without assigning cogent and legally sustainable reasons---High Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction cannot substitute the findings of the Syndicate without proof of mala fides, bias, illegality or lack of transparency. (b) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Art. 199--- Civil service--- Contractual employees seeking regularization in service---Contract of employment expiring during pendency of Constitutional petitions before the High Court---Effect---Constitutional petitions filed by contractual employees before the High Court would become infructuous---High Court lacked jurisdiction to revive or renew expired contracts---Conferring a retrospective right upon the contractual employees when their contracts had already expired was ex facie erroneous, illegal and without jurisdiction---Department was at liberty to dispense with the services of the contractual employees in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract which were accepted by the employees when they accepted contractual employment---High Court could not have amended or altered the terms and conditions of the contract of the employees in exercise of its constitutional jurisdiction under Art. 199 of the Constitution---Appeals were allowed. (c) Civil service--- ----Contractual employees--- Regularization in service---No vested right---Contractual employees had no vested right to seek regularization unless there was legal and statutory basis for the same---Contractual employees could not disown the terms and…
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