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| 2025 SLG 1161 2025 SLD 1161 = 2025 SCP 158 = 2025 PLC 1004 |
C.P.L.A.3116/2022 (Against the order dated 10.01.2022 passed by the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore in Appeal No.5689/2019)
Bench-I: Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, ACJ Mr. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan
For the petitioner(s): Mr. Mahmood Ahmad Qazi, ASC. For the respondent(s): Mr. Khalid Masood Ghani, AAG, Pb. a/w Abu Bakar, L.O. Spl. Edu. Dept. Pb. Date of hearing: 21.04.2025
Aatika Hina Mushtaq ... Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
Secretary Special Education Government of the Punjab, Special Education Department Lahore, etc. …. Respondent(s)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 9
JUDGMENT
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J.- Briefly, the petitioner while working as a Physical Education Teacher (“PETâ€) (BS-09) in the Punjab Special Education Department (“Departmentâ€) was considered for promotion for the post of Lecturer Physical Education (BS-17) under the Special Education Department (Directorate of Special Education) Service Rules, 2006[1] (“Rulesâ€). Her case was recommended for promotion through a working paper submitted by the Department. However, on 07.03.2019, the Departmental Promotion Committee (“DPCâ€) deferred the promotion of the petitioner on the pretext that the Rules required amendment, and promotions would be considered thereafter. The petitioner’s representation against the decision of the DPC was rejected on
19.08.2019, while her departmental appeal was dismissed on 29.11.2019. Consequently, the petitioner challenged both these orders by filing a service appeal before the Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore (“Tribunalâ€), which too was dismissed vide order dated 10.01.2022 (“impugned orderâ€). Hence, the instant petition for leave to appeal.