The court, which had earlier annulled the terminations orders, directed the respondents to pay six months’ salary to the 416 petitioners. PHOTO: lhc.gov.pk
The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to pay six months’ salary to 416 employees whose terminations have been annulled by the court.
Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh passed the orders on petitions moved by the sacked employees. The shrines secretary of the ETPB was named as a respondent.
The petitioners’ counsel said that their clients had been terminated from service even though the Establishment Division secretary and the Cabinet Division in the previous government had ordered that their services be regularised.
They asked the court to reinstate them and order the release of their salaries for the period they had been terminated from service.
The court, which had earlier annulled the terminations orders, directed the respondents to pay six months’ salary to the 416 petitioners.
The court will take up matter the again on November 6.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2013.
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