Law:

Section:

West Pakistan Forest Manual, 1964--- ----Rr.15.10 (1) & (2)---Contempt of Court Ordinance (IV of 2003), S.3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 204---Contempt of Court---Proof---Allowance in lieu of firewood quota to non-gazetted employees of Forest Department---Direction to decide the quota in accordance with rules and regulation---Petitioners were non-gazetted employees of Forest Department, who filed contempt petition against authorities on the plea that they did not comply with directions of the High Court---Validity---Nowhere, in West Pakistan Forest Manual, 1964, 20% allowance in lieu of firewood quota was allowed to non-gazetted employees of Forest Department---Petitioners were claiming something not envisaged in West Pakistan Forest Manual, 1964, therefore, authorities could not be forced under the garb of contempt proceedings to do something that was not permitted by law---High Court had not granted relief prayed for by petitioners and mere direction was issued to the authorities for decision of representation which had been complied with by authorities---If petitioners were aggrieved of decision of Finance Department declining their claim, they should have availed alternate remedy permissible to them under the law---Contempt proceedings could not be initiated for advantage of one particular party, rather initiation of contempt proceedings was to safeguard and protect institution which created balance in the society---Petition was dismissed in circumstances. Fecto Belarus Tractor Ltd. v. Government of Pakistan through Finance Economic Affairs and others PLD 2005 SC 605 rel. ORDER MUHAMMAD FARRUKH IRFAN KHAN, J.---Through this petition under Article 204 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 read with Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003 the petitioners prayed for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents. 2. Facts of the case in brief are that the petitioners filed Constitutional Petition No.2314 of 2011 with the prayer that the respondent No.1 be directed to restore the firewood quota, which was permissible to them being employees of the Forest Department according to Forest Manual Volume-II and letter dated…

Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/digixyei/sldsystempk.com/view/master-layout/view_case.php on line 492