4499/2019 Const. P. Adil Khan & Ors (Vide Order dt: 01.01.2021) (Petitioner) V/S NBP and Ors (Respondent)

4499/2019 Const. P. Adil Khan & Ors (Vide Order dt: 01.01.2021) (Petitioner) V/S NBP and Ors (Respondent) Sindh High Court

Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi(Author) Order Date: 21-MAY-26

30. For the foregoing reasons, we are of the considered view that the petitioners, having admittedly been engaged through third-party contractors or outsourcing agencies and not directly appointed by the respondent Bank through any lawful recruitment process, possess no vested legal right to seek regularization, absorption, or permanent appointment in the service of the respondent institution. Their engagement through outsourced arrangements neither creates any employer-employee relationship with the Bank nor confers any enforceable constitutional or statutory entitlement in their favour. Consequently, the instant petitions, being devoid of merit and unsupported by any lawful entitlement, are hereby dismissed along with all pending applications. The petitioners, if so advised, may avail any remedy otherwise available to them under the relevant labour laws, contractual arrangements, or other forums of competent jurisdiction against their respective contractors or service providers strictly in accordance with law. However, such grievances cannot be transformed into a claim for regular appointment in the service of the National Bank of Pakistan in the absence of lawful induction through prescribed procedure. 31. Before parting with this judgment, it may be observed that dismissal of the present petitions shall not preclude the petitioners from availing any remedy otherwise available to them under the relevant labour laws or contractual arrangements against their respective employers, contractors, or service providers strictly in accordance with law.