Case Details

Citation(s)
1999 SLG 768 1999 SLD 768 1999 PLC 83
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 1071 of 1998, decision dated: 29-05-1998.
MUMTAZ ALI MIRZA, J

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WASIM ALI TABISH and others

VS

PROVINCE OF PUNJAB and others

Law:

Section:

Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974)-------Ss. 9 & 11---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Petitioners being Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars were serving as Registrars and Sub-Registrars---Reversion of petitioners to their original positions---Validity---Petitioners being Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars were subject to administrative control of Board of Revenue, therefore, they could not, by dint of any reason or logic, question the right of Board of Revenue to pass order in question, whereby they were reverted to their original positions---Petitioners might have worked for many years as Registrars/Sub-­Registrars but they could not be deemed to have acquired vested right to continue at those posts indefinitely and for all times to come---Government was vested with right to deal with civil servants in such manner as deemed fit by it and to appoint them against any post which Government might consider appropriate for them---Such right of Government could not be controlled by High Court, for, the same would amount to interfering in internal working of Government Departments---Government must be run by the Government itself: High Court could not regulate or supervise its day to day working--­Petitioners being basically Revenue Officers were subject to administrative control of Board of Revenue which had every right to make any order with regard to their posting and transfer from one place to another throughout the Province and petitioners could not question such right of Board of Revenue---Constitutional petition whereby petitioners had questioned right of Board of Revenue to transfer its employees was wholly misconceived and without merit, and therefore, not maintainable. Mansoor Ahmad for Petitioner. Malik Muhammad Kabir, A.A.-G. with Zulfiqar Ahmad, EAC, Rawalpindi for Respondents. ORDER Through the instant Constitution petition, the petitioners seek to question the legality and the propriety of the Notification dated 21-5-1998 issued by the Board of Revenue Punjab whereby the petitioners have been relieved of their duties as Sub-Registrars (U-I) and (U-II), Rawalpindi with immediate effect and their services were…
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