JAMEEL AHMED vs GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary C&W Department Civil Secretariat, Quetta art — 2023 PLC(CS) 495 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLC(CS) 495 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLC
Parties: JAMEEL AHMED vs GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary C&W Department Civil Secretariat, Quetta art
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

JAMEEL AHMED VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary C&W Department Civil Secretariat, Quetta art. 199---Constitutional petition---appointment to advertised post---appointment obtained through misrepresentation---Estoppel---Scope---Petitioner assailed the appointment of private respondent on disabled persons' quota and sought a direction for his appointment instead of private respondent's---Validity---Private respondent had earlier applied against different posts while declaring himself to be medically fit---Law of estoppel did not allow the private respondent to alter his position that he suffered from disability---Estoppel was an equitable doctrine, a bar that prevented one from asserting a claim or right that contradicted what one had said or done before, or what had been legally established as true---Private respondent could not take advantage of his own inconsistent positions---So far as locus standi of the petitioner was concerned, two posts were allocated for the persons with disability and the petitioner was placed at Sr. No. 3 of the Merit List, therefore, he was an aggrieved person within the meaning of art. 199 of the Constitution---Constitutional petition was allowed.

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