S. ZAHID ALI vs WAH CANTT. AND ANOTHER — 1960 PLD 8

Citation: 1960 PLD 8

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-22

Parties: S. ZAHID ALI vs WAH CANTT. AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1960 SC 8

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Shamim Hussain Qadri, A. R. Sheikh Title: S. ZAHID ALI vs WAH CANTT. AND ANOTHER Case No.: Writ Petition No, 887 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-12-22 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 229 Result: Petition dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHAMEEM HUSSAIN KADRI, J.--One Zahid Ali, Assistant Works Manager, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah Cantt. was promoted to Class I by partial supersession of D. 0. pt. II No, 2237, dated 31st October 1963 with effect from 4th November 1963 vide Daily Order Part II dated the 24th August 1964. A condition was attached to his promotion that such promotion will be provisional until he and other such persons who were similarly promoted pass the departmental promotion examination. An association was formed by the Officers of his cadre and several representations were made to the Authorities against the conditional promotion but their efforts did not bear any fruit. This conditional order of promotion has been assailed by this Writ Petition under Article 98 of the abrogated Constitution of 1962. 2. Originally the writ petition was filed against the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board, Wah Cantonment but during the arguments the petitioner thought it necessary to ask our permission for impleading the Government of Pakistan, through Secretary, Ministry of Defence, as another respondent in the case. Permission was granted to the petitioner and the amended writ petition was filed. 3. The main…

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