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This is a summary of a Supreme Court of Pakistan case (reported as PLD 2002 SC 728) arising from a dispute involving the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB).
The case concerned employees of KWSB who were terminated from service before completing their probation period, as part of a downsizing or retrenchment exercise. The Chief Minister of Sindh subsequently issued an order directing that these employees be reinstated. However, KWSB did not comply with the Chief Minister's order, prompting affected employees to approach the High Court seeking a writ to enforce it.
The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal to examine several important questions: whether courts could issue orders (writs of mandamus or certiorari) to force implementation of a Chief Minister's directive when a government body refuses to comply; whether the Chief Minister could order reinstatement on his own initiative without following the specific procedure laid out in the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979; whether the retrenchment policy itself had proper prior approval from the Sindh government; and whether such service-related disputes actually belonged before the Sindh Service Tribunal rather than the High Court, given a specific provision (Section 2-A) of the Sindh Service Tribunals Act, 1973.
This case matters because it addresses the limits of executive authority, proper administrative procedure, and which forum—courts or specialized tribunals—has jurisdiction over government employment disputes.
یہ سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان کے ایک مقدمے کا خلاصہ ہے جو کراچی واٹر اینڈ سیوریج بورڈ (کے ڈبلیو ایس بی) سے متعلق تنازع کے نتیجے میں سامنے آیا اور جسے PLD 2002 SC 728 کے حوالے سے رپورٹ کیا گیا ہے۔
یہ مقدمہ کے ڈبلیو ایس بی کے ان ملازمین سے متعلق تھا جنہیں پروبیشن کی مدت مکمل ہونے سے پہلے ہی، ادارے میں تنظیم نو یا تعداد میں کمی کی مشق کے تحت ملازمت سے فارغ کر دیا گیا تھا۔ اس کے بعد وزیر اعلیٰ سندھ نے حکم جاری کیا کہ ان ملازمین کو بحال کیا جائے۔ تاہم کے ڈبلیو ایس بی نے وزیر اعلیٰ کے اس حکم پر عمل درآمد نہ کیا، جس کے باعث متاثرہ ملازمین نے ہائی کورٹ سے رجوع کیا اور اس حکم کے نفاذ کے لیے رٹ جاری کرنے کی استدعا کی۔
سپریم کورٹ نے کئی اہم سوالات کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے اپیل کی اجازت دی: کیا عدالتیں کسی سرکاری ادارے کی جانب سے عدم تعمیل کی صورت میں وزیر اعلیٰ کے ح
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Citation Name : 2002 PLD 728 SUPREME-COURT Side Appellant : IMDAD MAGSI Side Opponent : KARACHI WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD —-Rr.4(a) & 6(b)(c) —Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Employees (General Conditions of Services) Rules, 1987, R.78(1)(2)(3)—Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Resolution No.1 of 1991, dated 15-6-1991—Sindh Service Tribunals Act (XV of 1973), S.2-A—Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Arts. 199, 212 & 185(3)– -Retrenchment of the employees of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board before the completion of probation period—Chief Minister of the Province ordered reinstatement of such employees– Validity— Constitutional petition before High Court for implementation of the orders of the Chief Minister—Maintainability—Applicability of S.2-A, Sindh Service Tribunals Act, 1973– -Scope- –Leave to appeal was granted by the Supreme Court to consider the points to the effect as to whether writ of mandamus or writ of certiorari could be issued by the High Court to get the order of Chief Minister implemented who himself was Chief Executive of the Province but his orders were not complied with by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board; whether employees of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board whose services were terminated could be reinstated by the Chief Minister on his own by taking Suo motu action and by ignoring the prescribed procedure as enumerated in S.143, Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979; whether the downsizing/retrenchment policy had been implemented with the prior approval of Government of Sindh which resulted in. an en bloc termination of the employees of the Board; and whether the controversy related to the terms and conditions of service and fell within the jurisdiction al domain of Sindh Service Tribunal in view of S.2-A of the Sindh Service Tribunals Act, 1973.