ATIQ-UR-REHMAN vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Education and Literacy Department, Karachi art — 2024 PLC(CS) 1424 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLC(CS) 1424 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLC
Parties: ATIQ-UR-REHMAN vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Education and Literacy Department, Karachi art
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

ATIQ-UR-REHMAN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Education and Literacy Department, Karachi art.199---Civil service---appointment---Non-issuance of merit list after qualifying in the written test---Constitutional petition was dismissed for non-prosecution---application for restoration was filed after a considerable delay on the ground that no notice of fixation was received by the petitioners---Held, that object of law of limitation is to help the vigilant and not the indolent---Law of limitation is required to be construed strictly and the delay of each day has to be explained, for which the petitioners had failed to satisfy as to why they took several months to file application for restoration---High Court while dismissing the application for restoration being barred by time ruled that mere fact that petitioners were selected for appointment to vacancies, pursuant to an advertisement, did not confer any right upon them to be appointed to the posts in question and did not entitle the selectees to file a writ of mandamus or any other writ compelling the authority to make their appointments---application was dismissed.

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