ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday asked the Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide about recruitments of 336 persons in Sindh Revenue Department afresh.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed conducted hearing of the case related to appointments in Sindh Revenue Department. The bench remanded the case to Sindh High Court and asked it to decide the case afresh in six months. During the hearing, Justice Gulzar said that the posts above Grade 16 should be filled through Sindh Public Service Commission. The SHC was further asked to check record of all the 336 employees of the Revenue Department.
Expressing annoyance over Sindh Additional Advocate General, the Chief Justice inquired from him that where is the record of 10,000 persons whose tests and interviews were held. The AAG Sindh Sabtain Mehmood replied that after confirming from the department, he can inform the court about it.
Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan said that the tests and interviews of all the candidates were in one day and the same day list of successful candidates were affixed on the notice boards. He asked from the AAG Sindh that how this is possible that results of the candidates could be announced the same day.
People in Grade 17, 18 can’t be inducted without Public Service Commission examination, remarks CJP
The Chief Justice said that everyone is aware of what happens in the illegal appointments. Justice Ijaz remarked that people recruited through back door are made civil servant, but they are not regularized.
Justice Gulzar said that the questionnaire for 10,000 persons could be prepared but asked from the AAG show us the answers of the questions. The AAG said that the tests and interviews were conducted in five divisions of Sindh i.e. Karachi, Sukkar, Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas and Larkana. The Chief Justice said that the law was not followed in the recruitment of persons in Sindh Revenue Department. Justice Gulzar said that people in Grade 17 & 18 cannot be inducted without Public Service Commission examination.
The employees’ lawyer contended that his clients were recruited in 2011 and after 10 years they were promoted in Grade 17. The AAG said that out of 336 employees the degrees of 10 employees were found fake, therefore they have been removed from the services.
Justice Ijaz said that they were sending the matter back to Sindh High Court for decision afresh and disposed of the case.