Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

PLJ 2026 Quetta 29 (DB) Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Art. 199--Writ petition--Applied for post of Deputy Director--Appeal in test interview--Result upheld--Direct recruitment--Promotion quota 60%--Fundamental rights--Pendency of appeal serving employees--The regular employees of Climate Change & Environment Department had called in question direct recruitment mainly on strength that without observing 60% promotion quota, direct recruitment may cause prejudice and irreparable loses to already serving employees of department--It has further been pointed out that after observing 60% quota of regular employees, provisional seniority list is also issued, against which as many as seven (07) serving employees had filed appeals before Competent Authority--Be that as it may, but since after judgment passed by BST in Service Appeal 60% quota of regular department’s employee had already been determined, which had absolutely no nexus or concern with direct recruitment, therefore in view of above, BPSC is directed to finally announce result of petitioners’ without any further delay--Petition disposed of.             [Pp. 30 & 31] A & B Order Muhammad Kamran Khan Malakhail, CJ.--Through this petition, the petitioners inter alia have sought the following relief: “a.      To declare the impugned act of Respondent No. 2 withholding the result of the petitioners against their applied posts of Deputy Director (B-18) is illegal, arbitrary, without lawful authority, and of no legal effect. b.       To direct the Respondent No. 2 to immediately release and notify the written test results of the petitioners for the post of Deputy Director (BPS-18). c.       To further direct the respondents to process further recruitment steps (interviews/Selection) of the petitioners and other qualified candidates so initiated in pursuance of advertisement NO.07/2023 dated 12.05.2023, without any further delay”. 2.       This petition was…