IRFAN ALI PITAFI vs SECRETARY (COLLEGES) EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SINDH — 2026 PLC(CS) 75 SUPREME-COURT

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IRFAN ALI PITAFI VS SECRETARY (COLLEGES) EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SINDH. Removal from service---Petitioners were appointed by following due process but were subsequently removed from service---Constitution of a committee by the Supreme Court to resolve the factual controversy---The controversy arose from the petitioners' removal from service despite being appointed through a formal recruitment process and allegedly fulfilling all codal formalities---It was contended that although a list of 166 similarly appointed employees had been accepted and their salaries released pursuant to a consent order, the petitioners claimed they were also covered in that list but were not reinstated; that two scrutiny reports were compiled indicating that the petitioners were not at fault and the responsibility lay with the ex-director, however, the department still issued show-cause notices and removed the petitioners from service; that the service tribunal failed to properly consider these facts and previous judgments / orders, including the verification of their credentials already deemed genuine---Held: The grievance, rather the contention, of the petitioners that they were not fully covered in the list of the 166 employees and their credentials were already scrutinized by the competent authority, was not considered properly before dismissing the service appeals---In order to thrash out and reconcile the controversy to some logical end, it was deemed most advantageous and expedient to constitute a three-member committee to scrutinize the cases of the present petitioners to assess whether they fell within the category of the aforesaid 166 employees and were thus entitled for restoration / appointment in service or not---The law officer along with officials present in court also assured that the committee would consider the credentials / antecedents of all the petitioners as well as the reports and the list of employees compiled earlier, with an independent application of mind, for reaching a just and proper conclusion in the matter---All civil petitions were converted into appeals by ordering certain directions to be followed in the matter---Appeals were disposed of, in circumstances.

IRFAN ALI PITAFI vs SECRETARY (COLLEGES) EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SINDH — 2026 PLC(CS) 75 SUPREME-COURT

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