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| 2026 SLG 790 2026 SLD 790 = 2026 LHC 1419 |
W.P. No.214 of 2026
Presented By: (ANWAAR HUSSAIN) JUDGE
Date of Hearing: 24.02.2026 Petitioners by: Rana Muhammad Asif Saeed and Rana Aneeq-ur-Rehman Advocates in present and connected W.P. Nos.604, 606 and 725 of 2026. Raja Naveed Azam, Advocate in W.P. Nos.663, 1098, 1122 and 1250 of 2026. Syed Muhammad Shahid Hashmi, Advocate in W.P. No.1050 of 2026. Mr. Muhammad Khalid Farooq, Syed Zain ul Abideen, Mr. Muhammad Bilal Talib and Ms. Amina Javaid Hashmi, Advocates in W.P. No.1683 of 2026. Mr. Nauman Aftab, Ms. Fatima Safeer, Syed Muhammad Kumail Haider, Mr. Sammar Abbas, Mis Memona Ashiq and Mian Abbas Mehfoz Bhatti, Advocates, in W.P. No.2161 of 2026. Malik Ansar Abbas Dharalah, Advocate in W.P. No.1725 of 2026.
Respondents by: Mr. Bashir Ahmad Buzdar, Assistant Advocate General alongwith Abbas Ali Law Officer, Muhammad Nazar, L.O. Office of CEO DHA Vehari, Nasir Ali, Law Officer C&W, Mujahid Iqbal, AD Legal, Education D.G. Khan, Muhammad Waseem Chishti, Education Department, D.G. Khan and Khizar Hayat, SI, CTD.
Mohsin Abbas, etc.
VS
. Secretary Communication and Works Punjab, etc.
Law: Punjab Regularization of Service Act, 2018
Section: 3, 4, 10
Law: Punjab General Clauses Act, 1956
Section: 2(2)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan 1973
Section: 4
Case Summary:
Facts:
Contractual employees of various Punjab Government departments challenged the rejection of their applications for regularization following the repeal of the Punjab Regularization of Service Act, 2018 (“Regularization Act”) through the Punjab Regularization of Service (Repeal) Act, 2025 (“Repealing Act”). The dispute involved whether employees who had completed three years’ continuous service before the Repealing Act could still claim regularization. Some employees had contracts that had expired or had been reinstated following court orders; others were project employees.
Legal Issues:
- Whether contractual employees eligible under the Regularization Act can be regularized after its repeal.
- Interpretation of the saving clause in the Repealing Act (Section 2(2)) regarding accrued rights.
- Applicability of regularization to employees with terminated/reinstated contracts.
- Status of project employees under the Regularization Act.
- Effect of procedural lapses (e.g., non-consultation with Finance Department) on eligibility for regularization.
Key Findings/Decision: