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| 2025 SLG 2182 2025 SLD 2182 = 2025 SHC 1424 |
CP No D- 5884 of 2021
Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon
Petitioners : through Mr. Muhammad Arshad Khan Tanoli, advocate.
Respondents No. 1 to 4 Mr. Ali SAfdar Depar along with Iqbal Ahmed Jumani, Additional Secretary Colleges and Ihsanullah Leghari, Focal Person college Education department.
(Jadam Gaju & others v. Province of Sindh & others)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 4, 13, 25,199
Summary of Court Order
The petitioners, who are long-serving professors and librarians in Sindh’s Government Colleges, requested the Court to order the government to grant them a time-scale based higher grade, aligning their treatment with educators in other provinces and the federal sector. They also challenged the validity of the Sindh Cabinet’s decision dated December 24, 2020, arguing it did not properly consider sub-committee recommendations and failed to provide relief in line with constitutional guarantees and legal precedents. The government opposed the request, stating that the Cabinet had already approved a new four-tier formula, and the financial burden made a time-scale unviable.
After hearing both sides, the Court found:
The Cabinet’s four-tier formula adequately addressed the issue by providing career progression.