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Petitioner: MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE BHATTI VS Respondent: CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF AUQAF, PUNJAB
1992 P L C (C
1992 P L C (C.S.) 296
[Lahore High Court]
Before Ihsan-ul-Haq Chaudhry, J
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE BHATTI
Versus
CHIEF-ADMINISTRATOR OF AUQAF (PUNJAB) and others
Writ Petition No. 816 of 1987, heard on 10th March, 1991.
West Pakistan Auqaf Service Rules, 1962---
----R. 17--- Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974), S.9----Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Seniority---Petitioner who joined Auqaf Department as an Accountant asserting that respondents, who had been promoted were junior to him and he therefore was entitled to be promoted ahead of them---Classification was introduced in Accounts Service two decades back by order of Chief Administrator Auqaf and petitioner was covered by Grade-III and his pay was fixed accordingly and respondents had joined different category---Held, petitioner could not compete respondents in seniority---When seniority list was issued and promotions were made petitioner did not react to same for a long time---Petition also suffered from laches-- Petition was dismissed.
Sardar Muhammad v. Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Punjab and others 1989 PLC (C.S.) 262; Federation of Pakistan v. Muhammad Naqi Khan and others 1985 SCMR 2099 and Khushi Muhammad and 3 others v. General Manager, Pakistan Western Railways Headquarters Office, Lahore and others PLD 1970 SC 203 rel.
Asmat Kamal Khan for Petitioner. Karamat Nazir Bhandari for Respondent No. 1. Syed Jamshed Ali Shah for Respondents Nos. 2 to 4.
Date of hearing: 10th March, 1991.