MUHAMMAD IRFAN WAHID vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad S — 2024 PLC(CS) 556 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLC(CS) 556 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLC
Parties: MUHAMMAD IRFAN WAHID vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad S
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: S. 24-

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD IRFAN WAHID VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad S.24-a---Civil service---Policy Guidelines for Selection, appointment and Posting of Trade and Investment Officers (BS-18 to BS-21) in Pakistan Trade Missions abroad, dated 03-07-2023---Selection criteria---Non-speaking order---Station of posting---Determination---Petitioner / candidate was in service of Pakistan and was aggrieved of allocation of place of foreign posting by Interviewing Board---Validity---Candidates were provided options to give their preferences in the Policy and that did not create vested right in them per se to be allocated that particular station---Where a candidate had qualified on merit and his preference of station was available, he had legitimate expectation that such option would be granted to him---Undertaking executed by petitioner / candidate did not debar him for asserting his right to be posted at station of his second preference---Reasoning put forward by authorities which formed basis for recommendations of the Board did not surface anywhere in minutes of meeting---Such minutes and recommendations of the Board were defective and also violative of S. 24-a of General Clauses act---High Court declared that recommendations made by Interview Board, to the extent of recommendation of appointment of petitioner / candidate at Riyadh (Saudi arabia), were in violation of the Policy---High Court directed Federal Government to act strictly in accordance with the Policy---Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly.

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