FIDA MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 'Upgradation of post' and 'promotion' — 2021 SCMR 1895 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 SCMR 1895 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: FIDA MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 'Upgradation of post' and 'promotion'
Subject matter: Service

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Judgment text as reported

FIDA MUHAMMAD VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 'Upgradation of post' and 'promotion'---Distinction---Promotion involved advancement in rank, grade or a footstep en route for advancement to higher position whereas the facility or benefit of upgradation simply conferred some monetary benefits by granting a higher pay scale to ventilate stagnation---Up-gradation was carried out under a policy and specified scheme---In an upgradation, the candidate continued to hold the same post without any change in his duties but he was accorded a higher pay scale---Benefit of upgradation was normally granted to persons stuck-up in one pay-scale for considerable period of their length of service either having no venue for promotion or progression---Up-gradation under a scheme was personal to the incumbents of the posts---In order to minimize the anguish or suffering of being stuck-up in particular pay scale for a sizeable period, the mechanism of up-gradation as a policy decision was used for redressal. Citation Name: 2021 SCMR 1895 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case FIDA MUHAMMAD VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Upgradation of post---Scope---Upgradation could not be claimed as a matter of right but was in fact based on a policy decision of the competent authority jotted down in a scheme/notification for its implementation across the board for particular categories of employees who fulfilled the required qualification which was normally a particular length of service in a particular pay scale.

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