Judgment Text

2023 P L C (C.S.) 251 [Islamabad High Court] Before Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, J ZAHHID RASHID Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary to the Prime Ministry and 3 others Writ Petition No.1466 of 2021, decided on 16th September, 2022. (a) Civil Servants Promotion (BPS-18 to BPS-21) Rules, 2019--- ----Sched. IV---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Promotion of Civil servant---Fitness, determination of---Petitioner/civil servant was aggrieved of decision of authorities to supersede him on the recommendations of Central Selection Board (C.S.B.)---Validity---Where C.S.B. wanted to take a view about an officer under consideration for promotion which was contrary to what was stated about that officer in his Performance Evaluation Reports (P.E.Rs.) or any other official record, such view must be supported by credible information / documents on record---In the process of judicial review undertaken by High Court under Art. 199 of the Constitution, authorities must not shy away from bringing such record to the fore so that High Court found that no procedural impropriety or illegality was committed by C.S.B. in process of considering the officer for promotion---Matter concerned was not petitioner's eligibility for promotion but was his fitness---C.S.B. was required to carry out an objective assessment of petitioner when under consideration for promotion in accordance with the parameters set out in schedule-IV to Civil Servants Promotion (BPS-18 to BPS-21) Rules, 2019---High…