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Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--Art.212(3)---Respondent who originally was appointed as Assistant Manager (Public Relations), subsequently, to better his prospects, secured transfer in Auxiliary cadre in which petitioners were already appointed and were regularised prior to transfer of respondent---Respondent was shown to be senior to petitioners in the seniority list---Post to which respondent was originally appointed and post to which petitioners were appointed before transfer of respondent admittedly had different prescribed qualifications, different age limits, different pay scales and different avenues of promotion---Petitioners contended that those two different posts could not be grouped together under common seniority and that even if it was assumed that transfer of respondent from his original post to cadre of petitioners was legal, respondent could claim seniority only from date of joining cadre of petitioners after his transfer from his original post and not from date when he joined his original post (Assistant Manager, Public Relations)---Contention of petitioners requiring further consideration, leave to appeal was granted. ORDER NASIM HASAN SHAH, J.---The petitioners and respondent No.4 are employees in P.O.F. Pakistan Ordinance Factory, Wah. In POFs there are following three major service groups: (i) Technical Cadre: Comprising Assistant Manager (BS-17), Manager (BS-18), General Manager (BS-19) and MDs (BS-20) in different Engineering disciplines. (ii) Medical Cadre: Comprising GDMO (BS-17/18) and Specialist (BS-19/20) pertaining to different disciplines of Medical Science. (iii) Auxiliary Cadre: Comprising Assistant Works Manager (BS-17), Works Manager (BS-18), Superintendent/General Manager (BS-19) of Administrative disciplines. In addition to the above mentioned three major service groups, there exist a few "Specialized" sub-groups having their own independent service structures viz: (a) Fire-Fighting Group, which comprises Fire Officer (BS-16), Assistant Works Manager Fire-Fighting (BS-17) and Works Manager Fire- Fighting (BS-18). (b) Public Relations Cell, comprising Asstt. News Editor ANE (BS-16), Asstt. Manager (Public Relations)/PRO…

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