AYAZ ALI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN — 2026 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT

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AYAZ ALI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN. Arts. 25 & 27---Employment---Recruitment policy---Employment opportunity for sons/daughters of in-service (Regular) deceased and retired / GHS / VHS Optants in clerical and non-clerical cadre---Good management---Principles. Appellants applied to National Bank of Pakistan for their appointments on the basis of deceased employees' quota. Validity---Good management exemplifies and represents a set of distinctive standards including wisdom, uprightness, empathy, fairness, non-discriminatory employment policies, equal opportunity employer and congenial working environment which enables an institution or establishment to carry on and manage its affairs effectively. Despite prevailing policy, applications of petitioners were ignored and no consideration was made for their appointment in view of the policy. Held: If management circulated any beneficial employment or recruitment policy, such policy should have been implemented equitably and evenly across the board and not through selective application or cherry-picking so as to deprive deserving contenders of its benefits. The Supreme Court observed that equal treatment and fairness are fundamental requirements of good governance and management policies cannot be applied in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner. A policy framed by an institution creates legitimate expectations amongst eligible persons and the same must be applied uniformly, fairly and transparently. Supreme Court set aside the order passed by High Court and remanded the matter to the authorities to consider applications of both appellants moved in years 2019 and 2022 and decide the fate of their applications in accordance with the policy of the Bank prevailing at that time. Appeal was allowed.

AYAZ ALI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN — 2026 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT

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