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| 2026 SLG 117 2026 SLD 117 = 2025 SHC 1345 |
CP No D-3028 of 2020
Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J
Petitioners : through Ch. Muhammad Azhar Elahi advocate.
Respondent No. 2 & 3 Mr. Sanaullah Noor Ghouri advocate
Respondents No. 1 Ms. Zehra Sehar Assitant Attorney General Dates of hearing : 12-05-2025 Date of order : 12-05-2025
(Jawed Iqbal & others
VS
Federation of Pakistan & others & others)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199
Summary:
The case involves contractual employees of Pakistan Steel Mills (both teaching and non-teaching staff) seeking regularization of their services. The petitioners relied on prior Supreme Court and High Court judgments, government memos, and Cabinet decisions that recognized their employment and entitled them to regularization with full benefits.
The respondents argued that the petition was barred due to delay (laches), financial losses of Pakistan Steel Mills, and non-statutory regulations governing the organization.
The court referred to earlier Supreme Court orders (Civil Petitions 121-K & 122-K of 2017, and orders of June 3, 2019) which had upheld similar regularization claims and found no fault in the prior judgments. Consequently, the petitioners’ case was concluded in line with these prior decisions, granting relief for regularization, with no order as to costs.