Malik DAD SUPERINTENDENT vs MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BROADCASTING AND NATIONAL HERITAGE arts — 2023 PLC(CS) 469 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLC(CS) 469 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLC
Parties: Malik DAD SUPERINTENDENT vs MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BROADCASTING AND NATIONAL HERITAGE arts
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

Malik DAD SUPERINTENDENT VS MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BROADCASTING AND NATIONAL HERITAGE arts.25 & 199---Constitutional petition---Equality of citizens---Discrimination in granting allowance---Reasonable differentia---Scope---Petitioners prayed for a direction to be issued to the respondents to grant them 20% Secretariat allowance in the similar manner as various other Federal Government employees were being granted---Validity---Petitioners had not annexed any document, Office Memorandum, instructions issued by the Finance Division or judgment to explore that any of their counterparts from their department was extended the benefit of the allowance while they had been discriminated---article 25 of the Constitution could only be pressed into service when not only the designation of the employees should be identical but their nature of job should also be alike---In absence of the latter pre-requisite, the ground of discrimination could not be pressed into service being hit by the principle of reasonable differentia---Petitioners had not tendered any document to show that their job status on all scores including their nature of duties had been equal with the ones who were extended the benefit of the allowance---Constitutional petition was dismissed.

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