Law: Constitution of Pakistan 1973

Section: 199

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)  Art. 199-Writ petition-Consent order-Order of petitioner's appointment on certain terms passed by appointing authority and such order when shown to petitioner's counsel during hearing of writ petition counsel feeling satisfied and petitioner also accepting proposal Petitioner's subsequent attempt to reside out of his own acceptance of offer made to him, held, of no avail to him. Date of hearing : 9th May 1979.                                                                                                                       JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AKRAM, J.-This is a petition for special leave directed against an order dated 31st of March 1979, whereby a learned Judge of the Lahore High Court at Lahore has dismissed in lirnine the Writ Petition No. 1722 of 1979 filed by the petitioner against the respondents herein. The relevant facts in brief are that in the year 1967 Muhammad Hafeez Khan petitioner was appointed as Market Investigator and Estate Officer in the Lahore Improvement Trust (Water Wing) Lahore and later on his service was regularized under the Lahore Development Authority, Lahore. But it appears that afterwards his service was terminated without any show cause notice issued of him. At last however, he was r -instated in service after a span of about 10 years by the Chief Secretary, Punjab vide his order dated 6th of March 1978. Therefore, respondent No. 3 moved an application for a review of the order and from the 6th of June 1978 his service was again terminated on payment of one month's salary in lieu of notice. Eventually, the petitioner filed the Writ Petition No. 4511 of 1978 challenging his removal from service. At the bearing before a learned Judge of the Lahore High Court at Lahore, the petitioner appeared in person along with his learned counsel Sheikh Ghias Muhammad, Advocate and respondents Nos. 2…