DR. FAIZ ALI SHAH vs (1) PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN, THROUGH CHIEF — 1970 PLD 137

Citation: 1970 PLD 137

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: DR. FAIZ ALI SHAH vs (1) PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN, THROUGH CHIEF JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1970 Lahore 137

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Shamim Hussain Qadri Title:DR. FAIZ ALI SHAH vs (1) PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN, THROUGH CHIEF JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 137 Result: Petition accepted Judgment JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSSAIIN, J.-Doctor Faiz A.I Shah, the peti--tioner, is a member of the West Pakistan Health Services Class, I. He started his career as a Commissioned Officer in July 1943 when he was inducted into the Indian Medical Service. He was transferred to the 1. A. M. C. When the IMS was abolished. He entered civil employ as a member of the Punjab Civil Medical Service in October 1947. He was pro--moted to the West Pakistan Health Service Class I, in December 1956. He now holds a degree of Master of Science in Industrial Medicine from the United States of America. He was transferred to the Secretariat in 1962 and has ever since been serving as Section Officer in the Health Department of the Secretariat. Besides his pay, he was drawing its. 200 per month as non- practising allowance. The same has now been reduced to Rs. 100 per month by an order of the Governor of West Pakistan issued on 25th September 1962. He made several representations against it, and the matter was even otherwise considered at Secretariat level because it affected not only the petitioner but also others. Having failed to convince the Authorities, he has per force knocked the doors of this Court under Article 98 of the Constitution. 2. A notice having been issued…

Read the full judgment on Al Wakeelo — Pakistan's AI-powered legal research platform.