JAFAR ALI AKHTAR YOUSAFZAI vs ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN AND — 1966 SCMR 244

Citation: 1966 SCMR 244

Court: Balochistan High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: JAFAR ALI AKHTAR YOUSAFZAI vs ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN AND JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as 1966 SCMR 244

Judgment Text

Court Name: Balochistan High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Muhammad Fazle Ghani Khan Title:JAFAR ALI AKHTAR YOUSAFZAI vs ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN AND JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Quetta 115 Result: Order accordingly Judgment JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.-Jafar A.I Akhtar Yousafzai (petitioner) has, by means of this writ petition, called in question the order, dated 3rd July 1968, Appendix ('F') passed by the Director General, Geological Survey, Government of Pakistan (respondent No. 2), whereby the petitioner has been reverted from the post of Superintendent/Assistant Accounts Officer in the said Department to the Ministry of Defence, to be appointed as an Assistant; a much lower post, which he held in the Air Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Karachi, before his transfer to the Department of Geological Survey of Pakistan. 2. The facts of the case, most of which are undisputed, briefly stated are: that the petitioner was appointed a Lower Division Clerk in the War Department of Government of India in Master General of the Ordnance Branch, on 1st November 1941. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted as Section Recorder. At the time of Partition, he opted for Pakistan and resumed duty as Section Recorder in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi. On 1st January 1948, he was promoted as Upper Division Clerk in the scale of Rs. 120-9-300 in the same office. On 1st October 1948, he was transferred as Upper…

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