Case Details

Citation(s)
2025 SLG 467 2025 SLD 467 = 2024 LHC 5414
Lahore High Court
W.P. No. 1050 of 2022.
ABID HUSSAIN CHATTHA, J
Date of Hearing 26.11.2024 Petitioner by: Mr. Qamar uz ZamanButt, Advocate.
Respondent No. 1 by: Malik    Aamir   Javed   Bhutta,    Assistant Attorney General.
Respondents No. 2 to 5 by: Sardar Riaz Karim,Advocate with Ch. Hafeez UllahGujjar, Legal Officer, NBP, Multan.

Raheem Ahmad.

VERSUS

The Federation of Pakistan, etc.

Law:

Section:

ORDER This constitutional Petition is directed against the impugned Orders dated 17.02.2021, 24.06.2021 & 29.12.2021 passed by Functionaries of the National Bank of Pakistan (the “NBP”).2. Precisely, the Petitioner was employed as OG-III / Cash Officer on contract basis on 12.08.2016 for a period of three years. The contract was renewed from time to time. Vide impugned Order dated 17.02.2021, the Petitioner was dismissed from service with immediate effect. The Petitioner filed W.P. No. 3669 of 2021 challenging the dismissal Order which was disposed of vide Order dated 10.03.2021 by transmitting the Petition to the concerned Respondent of the NBP to decide the same in accordance with law. Acting upon the same, the impugned Order dated 24.06.2021 was passed, whereby, representation of the Petitioner was dismissed by holding that the Cash Internee Certificate purportedly issued by Zarai Tarraqiati Bank Limited (the “ZTBL”) submitted by the Petitioner at the time of his appointment was not verified by the ZTBL, hence, the Petitioner was dismissed on account of submitting fake antecedent pursuant to clause 5.6 of his appointment letter. Aggrieved from the same, the Petitioner filed W.P. No. 14150 of 2021 which was disposed of vide Order dated 25.10.2021 directing the concernedRespondent of the NBP to decide pending appeal of the Petitioner, which was later dismissed vide impugned Order dated 29.12.2021 on the same ground that the Petitioner failed to provide any record verified by the Head Office of ZTBL regarding genuineness of his Cash Internee Certificate dated 29.06.2016 purportedly issued by the Branch Manager of ZTBL, Mian Channu Branch. Hence, this Petition.3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the Respondent Bank objected to the maintainability of this Petition while submitting that the Petitioner was appointed on 12.08.2016 on contract basis and was dismissed on 17.02.2021 as contractual employee, therefore, he cannot invoke the constitutional jurisdiction of this Court and the only remedy available to him is to file a civil suit questioning his alleged unlawful termination. He further stated that since currently the National Bank of Pakistan…
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