4461/2017 Const. P. Imtiaz Bibi (Petitioner) V/S Fed of Pakistan & Ors (Respondent)
Bench: Hon'ble Senior Pusine Mr. Justice Nadeem Akhtar, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author)
4461/2017 Const. P. Imtiaz Bibi (Petitioner) V/S Fed of Pakistan & Ors (Respondent) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Senior Pusine Mr. Justice Nadeem Akhtar, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author) Order Date: 28-FEB-20
Petitioner is the second wife of deceased Saeeduddin Qureshi, who passed away on 22.12.2009, seeks twenty-eight (28) month family pension, granted to deceaseds first wife namely Mst. Bushra Saeed, who passed away on 25.11.2016--On the aforesaid proposition, we seek guidance from the order dated 21.02.2013 passed by Honble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.48 of 2013 (International Islamic University, Islamabad V/S Jahanzaib Khan and others), wherein it was held, inter alia, that all the Government departments, agencies and officers deployed to serve the general public within the limits prescribed by the Constitution and the law shall not cause unnecessary hurdle or delay in finalizing the payment of pensionary / retirement benefits, and any violation of such direction shall amount to criminal negligence and dereliction of the duty assigned to them--This petition stands allowed / disposed of with no order as to costs along with pending application(s) in the above terms. Let notice be issued to respondents 1 and 2 as well as to the Chief Secretary, Government of Sindh, and the Accountant General, Sindh, for compliance.