ZAHEER AHMAD KHAN LODHI vs PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED art

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ZAHEER AHMAD KHAN LODHI VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED art.199---Employment---Constitutional petition filed by employee---Maintainability---Statutory rules and non-statutory rules---Distinction--Rules of an organization if not approved by government and having been drafted, approved or adopted for internal arrangement and functioning of such organization are non-statutory. Citation Name: 2026 PLC(CS) 549 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case ZAHEER AHMAD KHAN LODHI VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED art.199---Employment---Constitutional petition filed by employee---Terms and conditions of service not being governed by statutory rules---Effect---Maintainability---The alleged violations, if any, quo the terms and conditions of service, if not backed by statutory rules, cannot be redressed while exercising jurisdiction under article 199 of the Constitution. Citation Name: 2026 PLC(CS) 549 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case ZAHEER AHMAD KHAN LODHI VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED art.199---Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) act (XVII of 1996), Ss.35 & 36---Constitutional petition filed by employees in service of T&T Department---Maintainability---Petitions filed by those employees who were part of the T&T Department would be maintainable for the reason that such employees had statutory rules relating to terms and conditions of their service which were protected by S. 35 read with S. 36 of the act, 1996---It is not axiomatic that all employees of T&T Department would have ipso facto right to challenge any/all actions, if so initiated against them, by invoking judicial review jurisdiction of the High Court. Citation Name: 2026 CLC 12 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SABA GUL VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, FAISALABAD S. 17-a [as inserted by Punjab Family Courts (amendment) act (XI of 2015)]---Constitution of Pakistan, arts. 4 & 9---Suit for maintenance---Interim maintenance---Right to life---Provision of S.17-a of Family Courts act, 1964 [as inserted by Punjab Family Courts (amendment) act, 2015] is a specific provision dealing with suit for maintenance as a special category of family claims---Provision of S.17-a is introduced through Punjab Family Courts (amendment) act, 2015 on 18-03-2015, which has placed maintenance of wife and children at a higher pedestal than other family claims---Maintenance allowance serves as a means of subsistence and survival for wife and children, intrinsically connected to their right to life guaranteed under arts. 4 & 9 of the Constitution---Discretionary powers on Family Court have also been conferred under S.17-a of Family Courts act, 1964 [as inserted by Punjab Family Courts (amendment) act, 2015] to prescribe annual increase in maintenance to cater for future needs and requirements of wife and children as well as depreciation in value of currency in terms of inflation---No caveat is attached to the power of Family Court to prescribe such annual increase in maintenance on compound or non-compound basis---Family Court is free to pass a reasonable decree in such behalf depending on facts and circumstances of each case.

ZAHEER AHMAD KHAN LODHI vs PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED art — 2026 PLC(CS) 549 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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