ASMA PARVEEN vs The SECRETARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, CIVIL SECRETARIAT LAHORE art — 2022 PLC(CS) 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLC(CS) 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLC
Parties: ASMA PARVEEN vs The SECRETARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, CIVIL SECRETARIAT LAHORE art

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Judgment text as reported

ASMA PARVEEN VS The SECRETARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, CIVIL SECRETARIAT LAHORE art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---alternate and efficacious remedy---Contract employment---Master and servant relationship---Remedy of damages---appellant was a contract employee and she was aggrieved of termination of her service due to poor performance---Single Judge of High Court, in exercise of Constitutional jurisdiction declined to restore appellant in service---Validity---Employment of appellant was contractual in nature and as a contractual employee, appellant had no automatic right to continue her job unless same was specifically provided in law---as a contractual employee, relationship between appellant and respondent/Government of Punjab was governed by principle of master and servant---appellant was to serve till the satisfaction of her master---Contract employee was debarred from approaching High Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction for re-instatement or extension of contract---Only remedy available to contract employee was to file suit for damages alleging any breach of contract or failure to extend contract---Courts could not force employer to reinstate or extend contract of employee, even in case of any wrongful termination---When there was availability of alternate efficacious remedy/claim of damages/compensation, if any, to appellant/a litigant under law, constitutional jurisdiction of High Court was barred---appellant failed to substantiate her case by giving valid grounds for setting aside termination order---Intra Court appeal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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