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Sindh High Court
C.P. No. D-1503 of 2024, decided on 16.01.2025. Date of hearing: 16.1.2025.
AUTHOR(S): MUHAMMAD KARIM KHAN AGHA AND ADNAN-UL-KARIM MEMON, JJ.
Mr. Muhammad Yasir, Advocate for Petitioners. Mr. Ali Safdar Depar AAG.
C.P. No. D-1503 of 2024, decided on 16.01.2025. Date of hearing: 16.1.2025.
AUTHOR(S): MUHAMMAD KARIM KHAN AGHA AND ADNAN-UL-KARIM MEMON, JJ.
Mr. Muhammad Yasir, Advocate for Petitioners. Mr. Ali Safdar Depar AAG.
NAVEED IQBAL AND ANOTHER--PETITIONERS
VS
PROVINCE OF SINDH AND OTHERS--RESPONDENTS
Law: Sindh Service Tribunals Act, 1973
Section: 3(2)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199, 212
Sindh Service Tribunal Act, 1973 (XV of 1973)------S. 3(2)--Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, Arts. 199 and 212--Petitioners were employee in police department--Promotion--Show-cause--Inquiry report--Dismissal from service--Appeal--Dismissed—Jurisdiction--Direction to--The Sindh Service Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction over service matters, as per Section 3(2) of Act and Article 212 of Constitution--The counsel for petitioners candidly agreed to extent that petitioners may be allowed to avail their service remedy before Sindh Service Tribunal against impugned order--Petition disposed of.2015 SCMR 456 ref.ORDER:ADNAN-UL-KARIM MEMON, JUSTICE:---.---The petitioners Naveed Iqbal and Muhammad Nasir request this Court to set aside the impugned order bearing No. 3835/E-IV/Appeal dated 11.03.2024 where their services were dispensed with.2. The facts of the case are that Petitioner No. 1 was appointed as Constable in the year 2002 and Petitioner No. 2 was appointed as Constable in 1987 in the respondent police department. Petitioner No. 1 owing to requisite educational qualification was appointed/promoted to Head Constable vide Notification dated 21.05.2011; that he served the department to the satisfaction of his command and officials; that in the year 2020, petitioner No. 1 was issued a show-cause Notice dated 04.05.2020; that under said show- cause notice and under an inquiry by SP Liaquatabad Division Karachi, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, West Zone, Karachi awarded major punishment of dismissal from service to the petitioner No. 1 vide office order bearing No. DIGP/WZ/EB/DP/28374-78/2020 dated 04.06.2020, thereafter petitioner No. 1 preferred an appeal dated 08.06.2020 under Rule 13 of the Sindh Police (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1988 within the stipulated time and he also preferred a Service Appeal No. 458/2020 against the original order dated 04.06.2020 before Sindh Service Tribunal Karachi and it was dismissed vide order dated 08.04.2021. Petitioner No. 2 was promoted to Head constable in the year 1993 and was again promoted to Assistant Sub- Inspector in the year 1997 and further as Sub-Inspector in the year 2011 and he was also issued a…