GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Punjab, Lahore vs ZAKA ULLAH Rr — 2025 SCMR 443 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 443 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Punjab, Lahore vs ZAKA ULLAH Rr

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Judgment text as reported

GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Punjab, Lahore VS ZAKA ULLAH Rr. 19 & 25---Regularization of posts---Procedure---Vested right---Absence of approval of Finance Department---Provincial Government was aggrieved of direction issued by High Court to adopt special measures to regularize services of respondents / contract employees---Validity---Creation of new posts and change in employment status of respondents were decisions that fell squarely within the purview of R. 19 of Punjab Government Rules of Business Rules, 2011---Absence of Finance Department's approval for such decisions clarified the fact that there is no approval by Provincial Government---Posts were not approved for regularization---Employees cannot claim regularization as a matter of right---Regularization requires a statutory or legal backing and in absence of such a framework, Courts cannot impose any obligation on Government---Mere passage of time or length of service does not give rise to a vested right to regularization---There was no approval by Cabinet and no approval by Finance Department---Matter of regularization was never placed before Cabinet therefore, no recommendations could create any right in favour of respondents / contract employees---Supreme Court set aside judgment passed by High Court---Appeal was allowed.

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