ALLAH BAKHSH AND 13 OTHER vs ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-GENERAL POLICE — 1971 PLC 75

Citation: 1971 PLC 75

Court: Service Tribunal

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-09-21

Parties: ALLAH BAKHSH AND 13 OTHER vs ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-GENERAL POLICE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 75

Judgment Text

Court Name: Service Tribunal Judge(s): S. A. Mahmood, Ashfaq Ali Khan, Bashir Ahmad Khan Title: ALLAH BAKHSH AND 13 OTHER vs ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-GENERAL POLICE Case No.: Case No. 280/116 Date of Judgment:1970-09-21 Reported As: 1971 PLC 75 [C.S.T] Result: order accordingly Judgment ORDER S. A. MAHMOOD (CHAIRMAN).-This is an appeal by 14 persons employed in the Wireless Telegraph Establishment of the Police Department, notified as a technical district under the Police Rule 12.3. The appellant No. 1 is officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police and the remaining appellants are Head Constables of Police. They challenge the vires of the order, dated 17th May 1969, passed by the Inspector-General of Police, by which the staff of the Wireless Telegraph Establishment was integrated with the Staff; of the Tele printer Establishment of - the Police Department, recruited in 1955. The challenge is on the ground that the approval of the Provincial Government (i.e. a S. & C & A G. D.), which was not obtained, was necessary for a change in the terms and conditions of the service of the appellants, which could not be altered to their disadvantage, that Since the integration is purely for the purpose of seniority, it is illusory and has no real basis, because the two Establishments have different functions and duties to perform, require different qualifications, and there is no inter-transfer of staff from one Establishment to the other. It is also complained that by reason of…

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