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Sindh Civil Servants Act (XIV of 1973)-- ---S. 18---Upgradation of post---Appellant, working as Reader in Sindh Labour Appellate Tribunal (B-11), praying to be placed at par with Reader of High Court whose post was upgraded to B-16---Pica taken by Government was that Services and General Administration Department had recommended appellant's case twice to Finance Department for upgradation of post but Finance Department had declined to accede to proposal of upgradation---Written statement showing that only reason that weighed 'with Finance Department in rejecting proposal was that Reader of Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal was placed in B-11---Held, if one or other Province had denied due benefit to its staff members, that should not serve as basis for Finance Department or any other Department of Government to take decision in any case---Department should rather go into merits and demerits of case and then come to its own conclusion---Status of Labour Appellate Tribunal which was headed by a retired or working Judge of High Court was in no way inferior to that of High Court and Reader of Tribunal was entitled to be equated with Reader of High Court---Post of Reader of Labour Appellate Tribunal ,vas ordered to be upgraded from B-11 to B-16. Province of Punjab and another v. Kamaluddin and 30 others P L D 1983 S C 126 rel. JUDGMENT MUNAWAR ALI KHAN (CHAIRMAN).--The appellant, Abdul Latif Khatri who joined Government service as Junior Clerk in the Sindh Labour Appellate Tribunal (hereinafter referred as the Tribunal), was eventually promoted as Reader in 1975. His case is that in September, 1968 Reader of the Tribunal was at par with the Readers of the High Court as they were getting the same pay and grade (i.e. BS-11). However, the Readers of the High Court were awarded BS-16 w.e.f. 1st August, 1983 but no such up-gradation was made in his case. According to the appellant the duties/functions performed by Reader of the Tribunal arc same as those performed by Reader of the High Court. His further submission is'that like High Court the Tribunal is also headed by working or retired Judge of High Court. In view of the above considerations, he made representation to…

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