PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, — 1971 SCMR 569

Citation: 1971 SCMR 569

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Petitioner: PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 569

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title:PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN THROUGH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 SCMR 569 Result: Appeal accepted Judgment JUDGMENT SAJJAD AHMAD, J.---This appeal, by special leave, is directed against the order of a learned Single Judge of the erstwhile High Court of West Pakistan (Karachi Bench) whereby, acting in the revisional jurisdiction, and in reversal of the concurrent orders of the two Courts below, he has granted an interim injunction to the respondent restraining the appellant from forcing the respondent to accept an appointment below that of a Deputy Ranger pending the decision of the suit which the former had instituted in the Court of the Senior Civil Judge; Hyderabad, for a declaration that he was a confirmed Forest Ranger and that the orders of the appellant reverting him to the post of Forester were void, mala fide and without jurisdiction. Briefly, the relevant facts are as follows :- On the 1st of March 1953, the respondent was confirmed as a Forester in the Forest Department of the former Punjab Government. After the integration of the Province of Punjab into West Pakistan, the respondent was promoted as a Deputy Ranger as a stop-gap arrangement purely on a temporary basis for six months, to begin with, which was termed as a trial period, with the express reservation of the right of the appellant to revert him (respondent) to his…

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