NAWAZ ALI SHAH vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND 2 Othm — 1967 PLD 506

Citation: 1967 PLD 506

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-09-15

Parties: NAWAZ ALI SHAH vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND 2 Othm

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1967 SC 506

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri Title: NAWAZ ALI SHAH vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND 2 Othm Case No.: Writ Petition No. 402 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-09-15 Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 483 Result: Petition dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT KHUDA BAKHSH MARRI, J.-Thia Constitutional petition purports to challenge the order of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, respondent No. 3, dated the 28th of April 1967, by which the petitioner was ordered to retire from service w. e. f. 1st of May 1968, after completing 25 years qualifying service and also order of Inspector-General of Police, West Pakistan respondent No. 2 dated 4th of April 1968, by which the petitioner's appeal against the order of retirement was rejected. 2. The brief facts leading to this petition are, that the petitioner was recruited in Police Department in the then Province of Sind as a Foot Constable In 1939 and due to his hard work he was promoted to the grade of Sub-Inspector of Police in March 1948. His next promotion was to the rank of Officiating Inspector of Police in the year 1959, he continued to work as such until 1965, when he was ordered to retire by the relevant authorities w. e. f. 1-2-1965 on the ground of completing 25 years of qualifying service and also after consideration of his record, he was not found fit to further continue in service. 3. An appeal was filed by the petitioner against his order of retirement but this was rejected by…

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