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Constitution Petition No.D-08 of 2020, decided on 23rd April, 2024.
Before Adnan-ul-Karim Memon and Muhammad Abdur Rahman, JJ
Sohail Ahmed Khoso for Petitioner. Ali Raza Baloch, Assistant Advocate General, Sindh for
Respondents. Date of hearing: 23rd April, 2024.
GHULAM MUSTAFA MALLAH
VERSUS
PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Works and Service Department, Sindh and others
Law: Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1974
Section: Rr. 10-A , 11-A
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 27 , 199
Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1974---
----Rr. 10-A & 11-A---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts.27 & 199---Appointment--Deceased quota---Cut of date for making application for appointment in the deceased quota---Determination---Petitioner applied for his appointment against the deceased quota after the death of his father---Respondent-department took a plea that father of the petitioner passed away in the year 2001, whereas, R.11-A was inserted in the year 2002, thus, petitioner was not entitled for his appointment owing to non-existence of policy/deceased quota at that point in time---Validity--Right accrued to the children of deceased civil servants against deceased quota in terms of the decision of the Supreme Court through its order dated 10.08.2016 passed in C.Ps.Nos.482-K and 503-K of 2016, whereby it was held that those candidates under the above quota whose right of employment had already occurred and the clog of two years for making the application for employment under the deceased quota for the children, who had already applied for employment before making this rule, was done away with---Thus, the plea of the respondentdepartment was not tenable---Public employment is a source of livelihood, thus, no citizen should be discriminated in the said matter on the grounds as provided under Art.27 of the Constitution---Government is bound to make certain quotas in appointments or posts in favor of any less privileged class of citizen which in the opinion of the government is not adequately represented in the services under the State, thus R.11-A of Rules as amended up-to-date was introduced to cater to such situation to accommodate the aforesaid categories of civil servants---Constitutional petition was disposed of, in circumstances.