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MASOOD HAIDER vs GOVERNMENT OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN through Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit appointment — 2024 PLC(CS) 286 Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court

Case information

Citation
2024 PLC(CS) 286 Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court
Year
2024
Reporter
PLC
Parties
MASOOD HAIDER vs GOVERNMENT OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN through Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit appointment
Subject matter
Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

MASOOD HAIDER VS GOVERNMENT OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN through Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit appointment---Recruitment to public sector posts---"Waiting list" for selection of candidates---Vested right(s) of candidates on waiting list---Scope---Petitioners applied for Naib Tehsildar positions but were not selected---Names of petitioners were included in the waiting list---Later, the Finance Department approved 12 new Naib Tehsildar posts---Petitioners requested appointment to these positions, but their requests were not accepted---Validity---Waiting list candidates can claim appointment within the validity period of waiting list if any selected candidate either does not join the post or leaves the same after joining---Candidates on a waiting list have no right to use the "waiting list" as an open license to hunt the post anywhere at any time---Candidates on a waiting list are only for the purpose of contingency and nothing beyond that---Candidates on a waiting list have no vested right of appointment even in case the principal nominee does not joint the post---In present case too, the appointment of a candidate on waiting list was subject to recommendation of the relevant department and approval of the competent authority---Waiting list prepared after a recruitment process was relevant and admissible to the post of said recruitment alone and waiting list of candidates was not valid to the newly created post even if the said posts are created during the validity period of waiting list---Newly created posts were to be filled through a transparent method of appointment according to the relevant rules---Writ petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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