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| 2026 SLG 871 = 2026 SLD 871 |
C.P.L.As. 2199-L & 2211-L of 2024 and 1567 to 1569 of 2025 (against the judgments dated 29.08.2024 & 05.03.2025, passed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore in WP No. 14891/23, 41703/24, 5687/25, 1133/25 & 5691/25, respectively) and C.M.A. No. 2390/2025 IN C.P.L.A. No. 1567/2025 (Stay application)
Presented By: Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Chief Justice Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi Justice Arshad Hussain Shah
For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Hafeez Saeed Akhtar, ASC Mr. Muhammad Umar Riaz, ASC Mr. Abdul Ahad Memon, Dir. (Law) Mr. Sukhan Ilyas, Dy Dir. (Law) For the
Respondent(s) : Mr. Hassan Lateef Chaudhry, AHC (with special permission of the Court) along with Shahbaz Hussain, Resp. No.3 Date of Hearing : 09.12.2025
Employees Old-age Benefits Institution, Lahore and others (in all cases) ..…Petitioner(s) Muhammad Rafique, etc. Muhammad Yaqoob, etc. Shahbaz Hussain and another
VERSUS
(in CPLA 2199-L/24) (in CPLA 2211-L/24) (in CPLA 1567/25) Muhammad Imran Butt and another Rasheed Anwar and another (in CPLA 1568/25) (in CPLA 1569/25) ..…Respondent(s)
Law: Employees Old Age Benefits Act, 1976
Section: 22(1)(b), 22A
TAG LINE
“Rounding-off under the EOBI Act Schedule is part of eligibility; marginal shortfall (<6 months) cannot defeat pension entitlement under Section 22(1) read with Schedule.”
SUMMARY
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (Civil Petitions under Article 185(3)) decided multiple petitions filed by the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) challenging Lahore High Court judgments that had granted old-age pensions to employees who had completed slightly less than 15 years of insurable employment.
The core dispute was whether employees who had completed approximately 14 years and 6–11 months of insurable employment could be treated as having completed the statutory 15-year requirement under Section 22(1)(b) of the EOBI Act, 1976, by applying the “rounding-off” rule in the Schedule (treating six months or more as one full year).