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WAQAR AHMED vs The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Cabinet Secretariat, Establishment Division, Islamabad art — 2024 SCMR 1877 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2024 SCMR 1877 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2024
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
WAQAR AHMED vs The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Cabinet Secretariat, Establishment Division, Islamabad art
Subject matter
Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

WAQAR AHMED VS The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Cabinet Secretariat, Establishment Division, Islamabad art. 199---Employees engaged through a contractor---Regularization in service sought---Disputed questions of fact---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---In the present case certain fundamental issues were congregated which needed to be established and resolved; that is to say, whether the petitioners (employees) were actually employed by the contractor and, despite this engagement, whether they could claim regularization or permanency in their jobs as employees of Karachi Port Trust (KPT); and whether the outsourcing arrangement between KPT and the contractor was genuine or was based on a sham-arrangement to circumvent the obligations and benefits arising from labour laws; and finally, whether the petitioners, by serving several years against permanent posts, without any gaps, had attained the status of permanent workers by virtue of the Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968---all these crucial disputed questions or factual controversies could not be decided by the High Court in the writ jurisdiction---Petitions for leave to appeal were disposed of. Your Search returned total 35531 records from 9250 - 9300

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