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Constitution of Pakistan-------Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Civil service---Scholarships, disbursement of---Principle---Petitioners were civil servants, who had taken admission in universities abroad but government denied scholarships to them on the ground that they had become overage---Validity---Disbursement of scholarships to younger brighter candidates who had left their studies in recent past were bound to inure better results---Such stipends must be used for relatively fresh graduates as they had potential to learn--- Preference should be for the younger candidates, who should on completion of their master's degree be used as Master Trainers for training of rest of the department---Employee nearing the age of superannuation was not likely to improve the capacity---Sustainable capacity building required that scholarships should be disbursed in such a manner that maximum utility was got out of the money used from public exchequer---High Court declined to interfere with the decision taken by government---Petition was dismissed in circumstances. Basharat Ali Janjua for Petitioners. Miss Firdos Butt, A.A.-G., Muhammad Afzal, S.O./Law Officer, Khalid Bashir, Assistant Director, P.R.M.A. and Fawad Akram Khan, A.D.P.R.M.A. for Respondents. ORDER TARIQ JAVAID, J.--- The petitioners are employees in Grade-1,7 presently working with the respondent No.2. The grievance of the petitioners is that they secured their admissions in Masters degree courses in the U.K., Universities but the respondents have denied them the scholarships, as according to the respondents both of the petitioners have become over aged. However, it is admitted that once they arc promoted to the next grade they shall be entitled for the same under the rules. It is also admitted position that respondent No.3 vide letter dated 17-6-2010 requested the respondent No.2 for relaxation of the upper age limit, which was denied by the respondent No.2 vide letter dated 28-6-2010. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners were admitted to Master's degree courses in the U.K., Universities even in the last year. They were granted the scholarships but due to the inordinate…

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