ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday referred the case regarding regularisation of 67 lecturers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in Grade 17 to the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the case regarding regularization of lecturers in Grade 17.
During the course of proceedings, the court observed that a civil servant of Grade-17 could only be recruited through the Public Service Commission. The Additional Advocate General said that the employees were recruited in a project and then made permanent.
SC refers lecturers’ case to PHC
Justice Ijaz said that backdoor recruitments were made and then they were made permanent by bringing an Act. These were also recruited on backdoor contracts and made permanent, he added.
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed remarked that employees working on contract cannot be regularised in Grade 17 without Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) test. Later, the apex court directed to refer the case back to the Peshawar High Court and also directed the PHC to decide the case within four months.
