HASAN DIN CHISHTI vs CHIEF ENGINEER, WAPDA — 1970 SCMR 58

Citation: 1970 SCMR 58

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: HASAN DIN CHISHTI vs CHIEF ENGINEER, WAPDA

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 58

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: HASAN DIN CHISHTI vs CHIEF ENGINEER, WAPDA Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 248 of 1967 Writ Petition No. JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 58 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, J.-This is a petition for Special Leave to Appeal from an order of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan dismissing a petition under Article 98 of the Constitution. The petitioner, who was a Mechanical Foreman in the WAPDA, it appears, was removed from service. He filed a suit to challenge the validity of the order removing him. This suit was dismissed on the 12th November 1962, on the ground that the petitioner held a purely temporary appointment and, his service could be terminated at any time without any notice and without assigning any reason. He preferred no appeal against this order but filed a petition under Article 98 of the Constitution in the High Court on the 15th of November 1965, seeking the same reliefs. The High Court refused to interfere on the ground that a person, who had elected to avail of one of the alternative remedies available to him, could not be entitled to agitate the same questions for a second time after he had failed to obtain the remedy which he had elected to seek. We are of the opinion that the High Court acted upon sound judicial principles in refusing relief by way of a writ in the…

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