HYDRO ELECTRIC LABOUR UNION (PESCO), KPK vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Energy and Power, Power Division, Lahore S — 2024 PLD 83 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLD 83 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLD
Parties: HYDRO ELECTRIC LABOUR UNION (PESCO), KPK vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Energy and Power, Power Division, Lahore S
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: S. 20---C

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Judgment text as reported

HYDRO ELECTRIC LABOUR UNION (PESCO), KPK VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Energy and Power, Power Division, Lahore S. 20---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability--- Policy matter--- Distribution licence--- Proposal---Petitioners were Registered Trade Unions and aggrieved of bifurcation of electric distribution company into PESCO and a proposed company namely HAZECO---Validity---High Court in Constitutional jurisdiction only had to see whether action taken by respondent / government was within the four corners of law or not---Decision which required technical, commercial, manpower and administrative aspects of proposed bifurcation was outside the domain of High Court---Such matters specifically fall within the jurisdiction of Government for which it has been mandated by the citizens of country---Matter in question had yet not been finalized and numerous steps were to be taken to operationalize the decision so taken by Prime Minister of Pakistan---Matter was at initial stage and neither any company had been registered by Federal Government under the name of HAZECO nor any licence so far had been granted for distribution by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority---High Court declined to interfere in the matter as it was premature, besides being a policy matter---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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