Ghulam Mustafa and 4 others V. Evacuee Trust Property Board, Government of Pakistan through Chairman and 3 others,
PLC (C.S) 2015 1513 · Balochistan High Court
This case involved a dispute over the transfer and posting of two employees (respondents 3 and 4) as Tehsildars in Balochistan's Revenue Department. Five civil servants already working in that department challenged these appointments, arguing that the two individuals were actually employees of the Evacuee Trust Property Board whose initial hiring had been irregular, and that placing them on deputation as Tehsildars violated civil service rules.
The evidence showed the two employees had first been appointed on a temporary work-charge basis, later "regularized," but the Board itself admitted on scrutiny that these appointments were bogus and illegal. Despite this, they were sent on deputation to the Revenue Department with government approval.
The Balochistan High Court ruled that since all parties involved were civil servants, the proper forum for resolving such disputes was the Service Tribunal, not a constitutional petition in the High Court. The petitioners had not pursued that remedy, so the petition was not maintainable in the High Court.
However, the Court still expressed concern that both the lending and borrowing government departments knew about the illegal appointments yet stayed silent for a long time. It ordered that the deputation should not be extended, directed that the two employees be sent back to their original department without delay, and instructed the parent department to take disciplinary action against them and against officials responsible for their improper appointment and transfer.
The case highlights how courts enforce proper civil service procedures while respecting jurisdictional boundaries between courts and specialized tribunals.
یہ مقدمہ بلوچستان کے محکمہ مال میں دو ملازمین (مدعا علیہ نمبر 3 اور 4) کی تحصیلدار کے طور پر تقرری اور تبادلے کے تنازع سے متعلق تھا۔ اسی محکمے میں پہلے سے کام کرنے والے پانچ سرکاری ملازمین نے ان تقرریوں کو چیلنج کیا، اور یہ استدلال پیش کیا کہ یہ دونوں افراد اصل میں ایوکیو ٹرسٹ پراپرٹی بورڈ کے ملازم تھے جن کی ابتدائی بھرتی ہی بے ضابطہ تھی، اور انہیں ڈیپوٹیشن پر تحصیلدار مقرر کرنا سول سروس قواعد کی خلاف ورزی ہے۔
شواہد سے ظاہر ہوا کہ ان دونوں ملازمین کی ابتدائی تقرری عارضی ورک چارج کی بنیاد پر ہوئی تھی، جسے بعد میں "ریگولرائز" کر دیا گیا، لیکن بورڈ نے خود جانچ پڑتال کے بعد تسلیم کیا کہ یہ تقرریاں جھوٹی اور غیر قانونی تھیں۔ اس کے باوجود، حکومتی منظوری کے ساتھ انہیں محکمہ مال میں ڈیپوٹیشن پر بھیج دیا گیا۔
بلوچستان ہائی کورٹ نے فیصلہ دیا کہ چونکہ اس معاملے میں شامل تمام فریقین سرکاری مل