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Petitioner: NISARUL HAQ VS Respondent: KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORPORATION
1998 P L C (C
1998 P L C (C.S.) 1034
[Supreme Court of Pakistan]
Present: Irshad Hasan Khan and Sh. Ejaz Nisar, JJ
NISARUL HAQ
versus
KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORPORATION and another
Civil Petitions for Leave to Appeal No.273 and 274 of 1998, decided on 31st March, 1998.
(On appeal from the judgment dated 31-12-1997 passed by the Federal Service Tribunal in Appeals Nos.2496-K and 2638-K of 1997 respectively).
Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973)---
----S. 2-A---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.'212(3)---Basic question involved in petition for leave to appeal related to interpretation of newly inserted S.2-A, Service Tribunals Act, 1973---Leave to appeal having already been granted in another case, same was also granted in present case on same terms---If petitioners were still in service, status quo would be maintained till disposal of appeal which would be heard alongwith connected appeals.
Hidayat Ullah, Advocate Supreme Court with Imtiaz Muhammad Khan, Advocate- on-Record for Petitioner.
Nemo for Respondents.
Date of hearing: 31st March, 1998.
ORDER
IRSHAD HASAN KHAN, J.---The basic question involved in these petitions relates to interpretation of newly inserted section 2-A of the Service Tribunals Act, 1973. Leave to appeal has since been granted in Civil Petitions No5.1240 to 1263 of 1997, leave to appeal is also granted in this case on the same terms. If the petitioners are still in service, status quo shall be maintained till disposal of the appeals, which shall be heard alongwith the connected appeals.
A.A./N-15/S Leave granted.