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Civil service--- ----Seniority----Inter se seniority of candidates at one selection was to be determined on the basis of merit assigned to candidates by the Public Service Commission in pursuance of the General Principles of Seniority---Date of joining duty was not the criterion for determination of seniority in case where candidates had been selected in one batch and assigned merit by the selection body. Ziaul Haq and others v. Secretary, Ministry of Education, Islamabad and others 1991 SCMR 1632; ESTACODE, 1983 Edn., p. 152, S.No. 158 rel. Kanwar Mukhtar Ahmad for Appellants. Niaz Ahmad Khan, Standing Counsel for Respondents Nos. 1 to 4. Abdul Sattar Mughal for Respondent No. 5. Salman Hamid with Qazi Faiz Isa for Respondent No. 6 (in Appeals Nos. 51 and 52(K) of 1990). Manzoor Ali Khan for Respondent No. 16 (in Appeals Nos. 51 and 52(K) of 1990). Sabihuddin Ahmed for Respondent No. 28 (in Appeals Nos. 51 and 52(K) of 1990). None of the other Respondents present. Date of hearing: 6th August, 1992. JUDGMENT SYED ALLY MADAD SHAH (CHAIRMAN).---All the three appeals are of identical nature involving question of seniority. They have been heard together. They are disposed of by this one judgment. 2. The appellants herein, M/s. M. Tahir Rasheed, Amir Ahmad and Kanwar Khalid Ali, and the respondents 5 to 83 were employed as Preventive Officers, Customs Karachi. The appellants and 71 other candidates, who are amongst the respondents herein, were selected in one batch for appointment as Preventive Officers (Grade-13) and they were issued letters of offer of appointment on 6-7-1980. They joined duty on different dates. One consolidated order of their appointment, being Office Order No. 298/80­ ESTT(P) was issued on 6th August; 1980. The order of their appointment reads as under:-- CUSTOMS HOUSE KARACHI No. S-38-39/74-ESTT:(P), Karachi dated the 6th August, 1980. OFFICE ORDER NO. 298/80-ESTT(P) The following persons have been appointed as temporary Preventive Officer in National Pay Scale Grade-13 (Rs.490-30-790/32-950) in this Customs House, from the dates shown against their names on the terms and conditions laid down in their offer of appointment and duly accepted by…

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