Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 212

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--Art. 212--Appointment by competent authority--Written test was conducted to determine the best candidate for the job--Petitioner protested against such written test and did not attempt the same and then he was not selected-­Contention that as per qualifications contained in the advertisement he possessed the required degrees and was eligible for the post and the test was to be attempted only by persons holding degree in one subject--Petitioner not having taken the test, Service Tribunal found that he had no locus standi to agitate against his non-selection --Questions to be put in the test and their nature were matters purely for the authorities concerned--Action of authorities in including only questions which the candidates proficient in one subject only could and properly attempt, could not be held illegal. Khawaja Muhammad Farooq, Advocate Supreme Court and Manzoor Elahi, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 15th October, 1988. ORDER NASIM HASAN SHAH, J.--The question in this case is whether the recruitment of respondent No. 4 to the post of Senior Translation Officer was against the law? It appears that a test was conducted by the Selection Committee to determine the best candidate. In this test the question paper which was given to the candidates contained only two passages, an Urdu passage which the candidates were required to translate into Arabic and a passage in Arabic which they were asked to translate into Urdu. The petitioner protested against the questions paper and did not attempt it. According to him whereas as per qualifications contained in the…

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