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| 2025 SLG 5200 2025 SLD 5200 = 2025 SHC 2427 |
Sindh High Court
C.P No.D-4212 of 2022
Before: Muhammad Karim Khan Agha, J. Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J.
Date of hearing and order: 02.09.2025 Ghulam Muhammad, advocate for the petitioner Nemo for the SUPARCO. Ms. Wajiha M. Mehdi, Assistant Attorney General
C.P No.D-4212 of 2022
Before: Muhammad Karim Khan Agha, J. Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J.
Date of hearing and order: 02.09.2025 Ghulam Muhammad, advocate for the petitioner Nemo for the SUPARCO. Ms. Wajiha M. Mehdi, Assistant Attorney General
(Abdul Rasheed
VERSUS
Federation of Pakistan and others)
Law:
Section:
Summary
The petitioner, a SUPARCO driver with 16 years of unblemished service, challenged his dismissal dated 31-03-2022 for “unauthorized absence.†The petitioner argued that his absence was due to judicial custody following a false murder accusation (FIR No. 649/2021) and that he immediately resumed work after release, serving 42 days with positive feedback from his supervisor. He had 558 days of leave available, which could have covered his absence.
The petitioner claimed that the dismissal was illegal, arbitrary, and violative of natural justice because:
Disciplinary notices were sent while he was in jail and received by his uneducated spouse.