Raja SOHAIL ARSHAD vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment, Right Wing, Islamabad Preamble — 2024 PLC(CS) 1246 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLC(CS) 1246 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLC
Parties: Raja SOHAIL ARSHAD vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment, Right Wing, Islamabad Preamble
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: NACTA Act

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Judgment text as reported

Raja SOHAIL ARSHAD VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment, Right Wing, Islamabad Preamble ---Office Memorandum dated 22.10.2014 issued by the Establishment Division---National Counter Terrorism Authority---Recruitment to posts in BPS-17 and above, process of---Scope---Federal Public service Commission, role of---Scope---Petitioner participated in the competitive process for appointment to the post of Analyst (BPS-18) in the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) but was not successful---Petitioner assailed the process initiated by the NACTA for recruitment to posts in BPS-17 and above---Contention of the petitioner was that the recruitment process was in violation of the recruitment policy set out in the Establishment Division's Office Memorandum dated 22.10.2014 which required recruitment to posts in BPS-16 and above to be made through the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)---Validity---Provisions of NACTA Act, 2013 do not require appointments to posts in BPS-16 and above in NACTA to be made through the FPSC---Establishment Division's O.M. dated 22.10.2014 cannot be interpreted such as to require autonomous bodies having their own mechanism for making appointments, which does not give any role to the FPSC in the appointment process, for appointments to be made through the FPSC, which (version) had been duly acknowledged by the Establishment Division (respondent) in the parawise comments etc.---Constitutional petition , being merit-less, was dismissed, in circumstances.

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