Case Details

Citation(s)
1997 SLG 1024 1997 SLD 1024 1997 PLC 1150
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 7979-Misc. of 1996, decision dated: 11-04-1997.
MRS. FAKHARUNNISA KHOKHAR, J
Mian M. Zafar Yasin for Petitioners. Mushtaq Ahmad, Inspector Legal for
Respondents.

ABDUL GHAFFAR and others

VS

DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, MULTAN and others

Law:

Section:

Police Rules, 1934R. 13.1Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Arts. 25 & 199­Constitutional petitionOut of turn promotion of police officials­Rule 13.1 of Police Rules, 1934 no doubt, bases promotion of police officials on general concept of senioritycumfitness, but Rules and Regulations also do exist whereby the police officials who had sustained injuries and shown bravery at critical times were awarded out of turn promotion and such instructions and Rules had been implemented carrying force of law behind them in order to boost up courage of the police forceAccording to Art. 25 of the Constitution all citizens were equal before law and were entitled to equal protection of lawPolice highups who had given out of turn promotion as a reward to the police officials of different Districts in order to boost up police morale could not deviate from such policy in respect of the petitioners who had been rewarded out of turn promotion on the same premises by the S.S.P. and their names had been entered in the List B/I for accelerated promotionOrder passed by the D.I.G. deleting the names of the petitioners from the said List B/1 and all consequent, orders passed in pursuance thereof, were set aside in circumstances. JUDGMENT This petition is being disposed of as a pace case. 2. The brief facts of the instant petition are that the petitioners were recruited as police constables and after getting their training were posted as such in District Multan. 3. Abdul Ghaffar petitioner No.l .and Muhammad Amin petitioner No.2 were posted as gunmen of the S.S.P., Multan in the year 1995, when on 1921995 they were accompanying the S.S.P., Multan and were going to S. S. P. Office, Multan after the city round, they under the guidance/supervision and command of S.S.P., Multan during an encounter which took place at Muslim Commercial Bank. Nishtar Chowk. Multan killed two dacoits at the spot and also arrested the third dacoit. Thus, the petitioners caused resistance and saved the Bank robber by putting their lives at risk and thus displayed outstanding colours and in recognition of gallantry and an extremely outstanding performance of petitioners Nos.l and 2 during the encounter, S.S.R,…
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