Public service commission: K-P govt told to regularise services of 22 employees

PESHAWAR: The provincial government has been directed once again to regularise the services of 22 employees of the provincial public service commission after a contempt of court case was lodged by the employees.

The order was issued on Thursday by a two-judge bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), comprising Justice Roohul Amin and Justice Abdul Shakoor, as they heard the case filed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Public Service Commission (KPPSC) employees including Muhammad Jamshed, over their regularisation.

The court had initially ordered the K-P government on September 25, 2017, to regularise these employees within three months. However, the commission failed to comply with the court’s orders.

“The non-compliance of the court order is illegal, and without jurisdiction and highly contemptuous,” contended Ghulam Nabi Khan, the lawyer for the petitioners.

“They have willfully committed contempt of court; therefore, proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act should be initiated against them,” he argued, adding that the respondents were not ready to implement the court’s order despite the fact that the petitioner had repeatedly approached the concerned official — the K-P chief secretary.

The 22 officials are to be provided with regular services in the KPPSC including as an operations manager, two assistant managers, an assistant network administrator, an assistant web developer and an assistant printing in addition to 14 computer operators and two Naib Qasids

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2018.