NISAR AHMAD vs INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (PUNJAB) art — 2025 PLC(CS) 450 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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NISAR AHMAD VS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (PUNJAB) art.7(3)---Police Rules, 1934, R.12.10---Constitution of Pakistan, arts. 25 & 199---Police service---Direct appointment of Ex-army men against the post of Head Constable on contract basis---Extension in contract from time to time---Termination from contract service---Petitioner claimed his reinstatement/regularization on the plea of discrimination while contending that under R. 12.10 of Police Rules, 1934, even a Head Constable could be appointed directly---Validity---Under art.7(3), of Police Order, 2002 direct recruitment in police department, other than ministerial and specialist cadres, could be made against the ranks of Constable, assistant Sub-Inspector and assistant Superintendent of Police and there was no mention of the post of Head Constable in the said provision, meaning thereby that the post of Head Constable was not meant for direct recruitment and according to R.12.10 of Police Rules, 1934, Chapter XII (Order), Head Constables were to be appointed by promotion from selection grade constables and according to art. 186 of the Police Order, 2002, the police functioning in the province of Punjab and Islamabad territory, immediately before the commencement of the Order, should on such commencement be deemed to be police constituted under the Order, thus, reliance of the petitioner on R. 12.10 ibid was of no help to the petitioner---advertisement was silent about the law/policy/rules/regulations under which the same was issued, meaning thereby that the recruitment from amongst the Ex-army men were made purely on contract basis to cope with the law and order situation prevalent at that time---Petitioner failed to establish his right as he had not been able to refer to any identical case or decision to establish that a Head Constable, directly appointed, was eligible for regularization rather frankly conceded that till date no Head Constable, appointed under the advertisement, had ever been regularized---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

NISAR AHMAD vs INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (PUNJAB) art — 2025 PLC(CS) 450 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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