Apex court suspends high court order regarding appointment of a teacher at special education school

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the high court order regarding appointment of Abdul Jabbar as teacher in the special education school.

A two-member bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan heard the case.

During  the course of proceedings, the counsel for Abdul Jabbar said that there were 115 teacher posts vacant in the Punjab Education Department. He said that teachers were appointed against 89 posts. Two teachers out of 89 did not submit their joining reports, he added.

He said that his client was on 108th position on the merit list so he should be appointed as teacher.

The Chief Justice asked how he was eligible after coming 108th position as there were only 89 vacancies.

The counsel said the ones who got better position on the merit were appointed on special posts.

The Chief Justice asked the two positions he was referring to have been re-advertised.

The court observed that Abdul Jabbar did not met with merit for appointment to these posts.

SC rejects petition seeking appointment as junior clerk instead of peon: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the petition filed by Adnan Ahmed seeking appointment as junior clerk instead of Naib Qasid (peon).

A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan heard the case.

During the course of proceedings, the chief justice observed that it was a violation of merit that a son was recruited at the place of his father in case of the latter’s death.

The counsel for Adnan pleaded that his client was appointed as a peon despite being intermediate while a matriculate was recruited as a junior clerk. The two got jobs in the government departments after the death of their fathers.

Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan asked about the minimum education required for a junior clerk.

The counsel replied that minimum education for a junior clerk was matriculate. Since Adnan had higher education was higher, he should have been recruited as a junior clerk, he added.

Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan said Adnan’s father died in 2017 and that of other candidate, who was appointed on a higher position, earlier.

Th chief justice said Adnan accepted the job in place of his deceased father and he could not object over it.