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Petitioner: HAMID HUSSAIN and others VS Respondent: SECRETARY HEALTH, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Tasaddaq Hussain Jillani Title:HAMID HUSSAIN and others vs SECRETARY HEALTH, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB,
and others Case No.: Civil Appeal No, 742 of 2010 W.P. No,1552 of 2009 Date of Judgment:2010-12-03 Reported As: 2012 SCMR 145 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER ' TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI, J.---Appellants in the instant case were contract employees and their services were dispensed with by the Competent Authority in the Department which order was assailed before the learned High Court in constitutional jurisdiction and the same was dismissed vide the impugned judgment. Yesterday learned counsel was confronted with the law laid down by this Court in Abid Iqbal Hafiz and others v. Secretary, Public Prosecution Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore and others (PLD 2010 SC 841) and he sought adjournment to further prepare his brief. Today he has not been able to persuade us to hold that the case of the appellants is distinguishable from the one to which reference has been made above. However, he submits that in Civil Appeal No, 468 of 2010 a similar issue has been raised and the Bench headed by the Hon'ble Chief Justice after hearing arguments has reserved it for judgment. 2. In these circumstances, he requests for yet another adjournment to await the decision in the pending case. 3 We have considered this submission and are not inclined to adjourn this case any further. However, in the interest of justice, we dispose of this appeal with the observation that if the judgment in the pending matter makes out a case for the appellants, he will have the option to have this appeal resurrected by filing a review petition to which respondents' learned counsel has no objection. Disposed of accordingly.