INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR vs Syed SHAHZAD ALI SHAH arts — 2021 PLC(CS)N 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

Case information

Citation: 2021 PLC(CS)N 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: PLC
Parties: INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR vs Syed SHAHZAD ALI SHAH arts

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Judgment text as reported

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS Syed SHAHZAD ALI SHAH arts. 4(15) & 4(17)---Equality of State Subjects---Safeguard against discrimination in services---Scope---Respondent along with two others applied for appointment as Junior Clerk against the quota reserved for legal heirs of the police employees who had died during service---Selection Committee recommended the other two candidates and rejected the application of respondent on the ground that his father had died prior to the issuance of notification through which the quota was fixed; hence, without giving retrospective effect to the notification, respondent could not be appointed---Selection Committee, however, recommended another candidate whose father had also died prior to the notification fixing quota---Discrimination was meted out to the respondent---authority who had issued an order or done any act could not subsequently take the stance that the order issued or action taken by it was against the law---Respondent was entitled to the same treatment as met by the other candidate whose case was at par with his case---High Court was fully justified to issue direction for appointment of the respondent---appeal was dismissed.

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