Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court, officially reported as 2026 SHC 878. In this matter between Const. P. 1597/2026 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Khalida Bibi (Petitioner) and the Respondent, the court adjudicated key questions of statutory construction, procedural regularity, and legal precedent under Pakistani law.

Core Holding: The honorable bench evaluated governing statutory provisions and judicial authorities to establish the rights of the parties, delivering the binding reasoning set out below.

Full Judgment Text & Judicial Ruling

COURT: Sindh High Court CASE NO: Const. P. 1597/2026 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi CITATION: 2026 SHC KHI 878 PARTIES: Khalida Bibi (Petitioner) ORDER DATE: 15-APR-26 BENCH: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi A.F.R: Yes ------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

C.P. No. D-1597 of 2026 [Khalida Bibi V. Province of Sindh and others]

Date Order with signature of Judge(s) Before: Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi

Date of hearing and Order: 15.04.2026

None present for the Petitioner. Mr. Malik Altaf Hussain, Advocate for Respondent-KMC. Mr. Ali Safdar Depar, A.A.G **********

O R D E R

Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J. – Petitioner Khalida Bibi has invoked the constitutional jurisdiction of this Court under Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, seeking declaration that she is entitled to the payment of retirement benefits, including gratuity and other allied dues, from the respondents. It is her case tha t the respondents, being a statutory body under the Provincial Government, are under a constitutional and legal obligation to act in accordance with law and release the outstanding dues without further delay. 2. It is further prayed that the respondents ma y be directed to forthwith release all pensionary benefits, including gratuity and other admissible dues, on the ground that the same constitute her fundamental right, and that any other relief deemed just and proper in the circumstances of the case may also be granted. 3. The facts, as stated, reflect that the petitioner’s husband was initially appointed in the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in the year 1989 as a Sanitary Worker in BPS -01. He retired from service on 27.12.2023; however, despite retirement, his pensionary and other service benefits have not been released. 4. Learned counsel representing KMC has, at the time of hearing, submitted that the pensionary benefits of the deceased employee shall be released at the earliest possible time, without unnecessary delay. 5. In view of the above statement and in the interest of expeditious redressal of the grievance of the petitioner, and without touching the merits of the case, and with consent of KMC, the petition is disposed of along with pending applications with a direction to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to process and release the pensionary benefits of the petitioner’s husband, if found admissible and outstanding, within a period of three (03) weeks in accordance with law. JUDGE JUDGE Ayaz Gul

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