ARBAB AHMAD ABBAS vs PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE BANK OF PUNJAB, B BLOCK, E-II, MAIN BOULEVARD GULBERG-III, LAHORE

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ARBAB AHMAD ABBAS VS PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE BANK OF PUNJAB, B BLOCK, E-II, MAIN BOULEVARD GULBERG-III, LAHORE art.199---Bank of Punjab act (XII of 1989), Ss.3 & 25---State Bank of Pakistan act (XXXIII of 1956), S.54---Employees of the Bank of Punjab---Termination from service, challenge to---Constitutional petition challenging muation---Maintainability---Internal instructions such as 'performance improvement plan' (PIP) having no statutory backing---Effect---Constitutional petitions were not maintainable---Brief facts were that a group of employees of the Bank of Punjab filed separate writ petitions challenging their termination orders---The petitioners/employees had been serving in the bank and were subjected to annual performance appraisals for 2022-2023, after which their services were terminated by the bank following a 'performance improvement plan' (PIP)---all petitions revolved around the same termination exercise carried out by the bank based on the petitioners' performance evaluation during the relevant period---Despite the High Court had already entertained a constitutional petition against the Bank of Punjab in a case reported as 2023 PLC (C.S.) 85, the primary question for determination in the present case was as to "Whether the constitutional petitions against the Bank of Punjab were maintainable before the High Court in case of 'performance improvement plan' (PIP) being approved through the internal instructions of the bank"?---Held: In the PIP, in case, an employee failed to achieve the targets set by the bank, his/her name could be recommended for separation from employment and such employee had been given a right to apply for review before the reviewing authority---admittedly, these were internal instructions of the respondent bank and had no statutory status that could be enforced through the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---PIP formulated by the board of directors of the respondent bank had no statutory status and termination of service of the employees of the Bank of Punjab for not achieving the required targets could not be enforced through the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Present and connection constitutional petitions were not maintainable and same were dismissed, in circumstances.

ARBAB AHMAD ABBAS vs PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE BANK OF PUNJAB, B BLOCK, E-II, MAIN BOULEVARD GULBERG-III, LAHORE art — 2025 PLC(CS) 1645 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

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