Services tribunals: PHC seeks reply from federal law secretary

The bench observed the federal government is least bothered about facilitating its employees.

PESHAWAR:

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to the federal secretary for law and parliamentary affairs for failing to table a bill before the National Assembly which will enable the federal services tribunal to implement its verdicts.

The notice was issued by a division bench headed by PHC Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and comprising Justice Irshad Qaisar while hearing a petition filed by Masood Ahmed through his counsel Ejaz Anwar.

Earlier, the court had ordered both the federal and provincial governments to formulate rules to enable the provincial and federal services tribunals to implement their verdicts. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government heeded the court’s orders and formulated the necessary rules, but the federal government did not.

Anwar contended his client Ahmed has been seeking an antedated promotion and the federal services tribunal gave a verdict in his favour. However, its verdict could not be implemented and that is why they were approaching the superior judiciary.

The bench observed the federal government was least bothered about facilitating its employees, saying concerned officials did not heed the court’s orders.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2013.