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Constitution of Pakistan (1973)-------Art.199---Constitutional petition---Civil Service---Promotion---Dispute was with regard to the promotion according to the seniority list---Reason given by the Authorities was that some other employees had been promoted earlier during the pendency of the representation made by the petitioner--­Validity---Authorities were bound to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the next post as in the seniority list the petitioner was at serial No.1 but he had not been considered on lame excuse---Petitioner had not been treated by the Authorities in accordance with law and had been deprived of his due promotion by keeping the representation pending and by not giving him the seniority which had been due to him for a period not less than ten years---High Court observed that Authorities were treating their employees in such manner in order to satisfy their ego and the employees were being deprived of their rights by keeping the matter pending for such a long period---High Court directed the Authorities to re-consider the case of promotion of the petitioner and finalize the same within specified time--­Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly. Farooq Zaman Qureshi And Ch. Muhammad Ijaz Jamal for Petitioner. Mian Muzaffar Hussain for Legal Advisor for Respondents. Date of hearing: 12th November, 2001 JUDGMENT Through this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction to respondents Nos. l to 3 to promote the petitioner as Assistant Director (Engineering) from the date when his juniors i.e. respondents Nos.4 and 5 were promoted alongwith all monetary and other benefits. It is further prayed that the seniority list may be maintained of the petitioner. 2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was employed as Sub-Engineer with the Lahore Municipal Corporation on 12-6-1974. His services, however, were transferred to Lahore Development Authority on 28-5-1976 on the same terms and conditions and -the petitioner was permanently absorbed in the LDA w.e.f. 1-10-1976. The seniority list was not correctly maintained by respondents Nos. l to 3. The petitioner filed a representation/appeal and vide order, dated…

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