NAEEM ANWAR vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Textile arts — 2022 PLC(CS) 646 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLC(CS) 646 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLC
Parties: NAEEM ANWAR vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Textile arts

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Judgment text as reported

NAEEM ANWAR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Textile arts.9, 25 & 27---Civil service---appointment---Discrimination---Merit list; ignorance of---Reasons to be recoded---Held, that the Helddhh appointing authority (i.e. the Federal Government in the present case) was not bound to select the candidate whose name was at the top of the merit list or for that matter appoint any of the candidates recommended by the Selection Committee---Where a panel of candidates was submitted in order of merit, there had to be reasons recorded justifying why the candidate at the top of the merit list was ignored and a candidate lower on the merit list selected---These reasons were to be contemporaneously reflected in the decision-making process and could not be put forth as an afterthought in the form of written comments---appointing a candidate lower on the merit list without such reasons amounted to hostile discrimination and not permissible under any canon of law, justice and equity.

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