FAIZ ULLAH KHAN vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER — 1971 PLD 474

Citation: 1971 PLD 474

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-04-14

Parties: FAIZ ULLAH KHAN vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 474

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Shamim Hussain Qadri, A. R. Sheikh Title: FAIZ ULLAH KHAN vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER Case No.: Writ Petition No, 788 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-04-14 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 474 Result: Petitions dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. R. SHEIKH, J.--This judgment will dispose of four connected writ petitions, namely, Writ Petitions Nos, 785, 981, 983 and 1567 of 1967, in which the common question of law involved is 'whether retirement of an employee of the Municipal Committee, before attaining 60 years of age under the newly enacted rule 4 of the West Pakistan Local Councils Municipal Committees Servants (Retirement) Rules, 1966 (hereinafter called the Retirement Rules), is bad in law being violative of rules 3 of the West Pakistan Local Councils and Municipal Committees Servants (Further Usefulness in Service) Rules, 1963 read with rule 8 of the West Pakistan Local Councils and Municipal Committees Service Rules, 1963, under which the age of superannuation of municipal employees had been fixed at 60 years. In order to appreciate the contentions raised in these writ petitions, it will be desirable to set out in brief the relevant facts of each case which are some what different. Writ Petition No, 788 of 1967 (Faizullah Khan). 2. The petitioner joined service of the Multan Municipal Committee in September 1940, and was appointed its Secretary in 1955. He was confirmed in the said post on the 15th of September 1956. His…

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