MUHAMMAD ARIF DURRANI vs HIGH COURT OF SINDH through Registrar art — 2026 PLC(CS) 637 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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MUHAMMAD ARIF DURRANI VS HIGH COURT OF SINDH through Registrar art. 199---Constitutionaljurisdictionof High Court---Vires of order---Scope---Judicial officer---Complaint against judicial officer dealt with by office of MIT and plead before montiary and inspection Judge legality---action against the petitioner was taken on the basis of some anonymous complaint---Plea of petitioner that authenticity of complaint was questionable, because it was bearing date of 30.04.2025, whereas it was received in the office of Member Inspection Team on 14.03.2025; that Initiating proceedings against the petitioner was illegal, because the Monitoring Judge being the appellate authority could not have passed such order---Validity--- Monitoring and Inspection Judge of this Court was the appellate authority for the service matters of the staff members of District Judiciary, thus he could not have issued directions for initiation of inquiry, coupled with fact that the office of Member Inspection Team did not transmit the complaint properly---Such procedural lapse was curable, inter alia, because till date no substantial steps had been taken in pursuance of the complaint or disciplinary proceedings, as no final order was passed---Said lacuna was cured in this petition by directing the concerned officials to place subject complaint before the concerned competent authority; however, it was clarified that the order dated 19.06.2025 was intact and the evidence/material collected so far under the said inquiry shall be preserved and could be utilized and confronted to the petitioner, in either disciplinary proceedings, or any other proceedings as the competent authority deemed fit---Consequently, the complaint against the petitioner along with the evidence shall be placed before the Competent authority for consideration and taking action---Petition stood disposed of.

MUHAMMAD ARIF DURRANI vs HIGH COURT OF SINDH through Registrar art — 2026 PLC(CS) 637 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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