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Petitioner: MARYAM ASHRAF VS Respondent: PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONHonorable Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum
1992 P L C (C
1992 P L C (C.S.) 374
[Lahore High Court]
Before Malik Muhammad Qayyum, J
Dr. MARYAM ASHRAF
Versus
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and another
Writ Petition No. 1274 of 1991, decided on 14th October, 1991.
Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules; 1974--
----Rr. 16, 17 & 17-A---Additional 10 marks, in addition to marks obtained in interview, for which civil servant was entitled to under R. 17-A of Rules, were denied to be given by Authorities on ground that death of mother of civil servant had taken place before coming into force of said Rules---In absence of any provision in the said Rules suggesting that Rules would apply only where. Parents of candidate had died on or after coming into force of rules, provision of said rule could be availed of by a person whose parents had died even before coming into force of Rules---No justification to deny civil servant 10 additional marks to which he was legally entitled---Even otherwise benefit under Rr. 16 & 17 of Rules, 1974 which was available to civil servant at the time of death of his mother, could not be withheld if other conditions were fulfilled by civil servant.
Muhammad Ilyas Khan for Petitioner.
Rana Muhammad Arshad Addl. A: G. for Respondents.