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Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 773 PUNJAB-SUBORDINATE-JUDICIAL-SERVICE-TRIBUNALBookmark this Case Mian SHAHID MEHMOOD-II vs The REGISTRAR, LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE S — 2024 PLC(CS) 773 PUNJAB-SUBORDINATE-JUDICIAL-SERVICE-TRIBUNAL

Case information

Citation
2024 PLC(CS) 773 PUNJAB-SUBORDINATE-JUDICIAL-SERVICE-TRIBUNAL
Year
2024
Reporter
PLC
Parties
Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 773 PUNJAB-SUBORDINATE-JUDICIAL-SERVICE-TRIBUNALBookmark this Case Mian SHAHID MEHMOOD-II vs The REGISTRAR, LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE S
Subject matter
Service
Provisions referred to
S. 12; Punjab Civil Servants Act

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 773 PUNJAB-SUBORDINATE-JUDICIAL-SERVICE-TRIBUNALBookmark this Case Mian SHAHID MEHMOOD-II VS The REGISTRAR, LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE S. 12, Explanation---Punjab Judicial Service Rules, 1994, Rr. 3 & 4---Punjab Judicial Service---Retirement order, passing of---Competent Authority---Scope---Argument of appellants, Judicial Officers who were retired from service by the High Court, was that competent authority for civil servants in Grade-19 and above, in terms of Explanation to S.12 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, was the Chief Minister, thus impugned retirement order had been passed by an incompetent authority---Validity---Argument of the appellants was totally misconceived as the Punjab Judicial Service Rules, 1994 ('the Rules, 1994'), regulate recruitment of the Punjab Judicial Service and prescribe conditions of service---Rule 3 of the Rules, 1994 provides that the service shall comprise the post of:- a) District and Sessions Judges; b) Additional District and Sessions Judges; c) Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates---Rule 4 of the Rules 1994 provides that appointments to the service shall be made by the High Court---Admittedly, appellants were appointed by the High Court, thus the competent authority to pass their retirement order in terms of S. 12 of the Act of 1974 was the High Court, which was comprised of the Chief Justice and Judges---Appeals filed by the retired Judicial Officers were dismissed, in circumstances.

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