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Employment-------Temporary appointment of doctors during the period of covid epidemic--Candidature of the petitioners were referred to Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) to assess their suitability for appointment by only conducting their interviews---Petitioners were declared unsuccessful---Contention of the petitioner was that SPSC had not adjudged the suitability of the petitioners through an interview in terms of the directions given by the High Court---Validity---Directions given by the High Court were only to the extent that SPSC may assess their suitability for the appointment via interview keeping in view the judgment reported as Dr. Naveed Tufail and 72 others v. Government of Punjab (2003 SCMR 291) and SPSC in compliance with the directions of High Court conducted the interviews and assessed the suitability of the candidates, which were adjudged accordingly and petitioners were not declared as successful---High Court declined to further probe the matter since earlier petition was disposed with certain directions, which were complied with by virtue of press release---High Court could not be a substitute of SPSC by assuming the role of interviewing panel and adjudging the suitability of the candidates for the appointment, who were adjudged accordingly and not recommended---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.Dr. Naveed Tufail and 72 others v. Government of Punjab 2003 SCMR 291 rel.ORDERBrief facts of the case are that during Covid regime on account of some emergency, as prevailing at the relevant time, some doctors were appointed purely on temporary basis. When the Covid period was over, some of the temporary appointees filed C.P. No.D-1691 of 2022 and others, which were heard and decided by a learned Division Bench of this Court by a common order and concluded as under:-"12. In the light of the above analogy and more particularly the principles outlined in the judgment passed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case of Dr. Naveeda Tufail and 72 others v. Government of Punjab and others, 2003 SCMR 291, we find it appropriate to direct the competent authority of the respondent-health department to refer the candidature of the…