CDA, federal govt given 14 days to file replies

IHC issues notices to Yasir Pirzada and others on a petition challenging his appointment to the post

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday issued notices to the Member Administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Yasir Pirzada and others on a petition challenging his appointment to the post.

While hearing the petition, Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC directed Pirzada, Cabinet secretary, CDA chairman, Cabinet Secretariat and the Establishment Division to submit their replies to the petition within two weeks.

A petitioner on Thursday had moved the IHC, challenging the Pirzada’s appointment, claiming that he had been appointed without seeking approval from the competent authority – the federal government.

In the petition, Rana Anwer – submitting through his lawyer Hafiz Arfat Chaudhry – had claimed that Pirzada did not possess any experience of administrating and that he had been a junior officer in the Inland Revenue Service and could not have been appointed to a senior position in the CDA.

Chaudhry contended that there were a number of basic pay scale grade 20 officers of CDA whose services were being dealt with by a junior officer.

Moreover, the lawyer argued that Pirzada is also dealing with human resources and administration issues of the civic authority without having requisite the experience.

“Appointment is therefore liable to be set aside,” he stated in the petition.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2017.