Syed DANISH HUSSAIN SHAH vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Rr — 2024 PLC(CS) 448 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLC(CS) 448 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLC
Parties: Syed DANISH HUSSAIN SHAH vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Rr
Subject matter: Service

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

Syed DANISH HUSSAIN SHAH VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Rr.1042(c), 1045, 1046 & 1047---Punjab Prisons Department Service Rules, 2010---United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2007, Art. 1---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 18 & 199---Constitutional petition---Recruitment criteria---Eyesight---Petitioner was a candidate for the post of Assistant Superintendent Jail but he was rejected for not having 6 / 6 eyesight without glasses---Validity---If 6/6 eyes sight (without glasses) was considered a permanent disability of candidates then they should b e treated as such---If it was not, then such persons were to be treated at par with other human beings as normal---Nature of job of Assistant Superintendent Jail did not require perfect eyes sight as the official was not required to fulfill any responsibility without power glasses with slight weakness of eyes---High Court set aside condition of 6/6 eyes sight (without glasses) as mandatory for Assistant Superintendent Jail, as such condition was violative of Art. 18 of the Constitution---High Court declared that petitioner was entitled to be considered having 6 / 6 eyes sight with glasses and a sight weakness without glasses if otherwise found eligible for the post in question---Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly.

Other judgments reported in 2024 PLC

2024 PLC(CS) 1561 GILGIT-BALTISTAN-SERVICE TRIBUNALENGINEER Dr. NAZIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT S.5(1)---appeal before the Service Tribunal---Project Director of a hospital---Locus sta…
2024 PLC(CS) 1561 GILGIT-BALTISTAN-SERVICE TRIBUNALENGINEER Dr. NAZIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT S.5(1)---additional charge of a post---Civil servant---Scope ---assailing order before t…
2024 PLC(CS) 1561 GILGIT-BALTISTAN-SERVICE TRIBUNALENGINEER Dr. NAZIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT S. 5(1)---additional charge, withdrawal of---authority, powers of---Challenging of withd…
2024 PLC(CS) 1085 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIRMASOODA IQBAL, ELEMENTARY TEACHER, GOVERNMENT GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL AAHI, DISTRICT BHIMBER VS SECRETARY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Ord…
2024 PLC 338 SUPREME-COURTWAQAR AHMED VS The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Cabinet Secretariat, Establishment Division, Islamabad art. 199---Employees engaged throug…
2024 PLC 314 SUPREME-COURTTOWN ADMINISTRATION VS MOHAMMAD KHALID Sched., S.Os. 1(b), 1(e) & 12---Employees employed for a continuous period exceeding nine months---Di…

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English