2016 P L C (C.S.) 34
[Balochistan High Court]
Before Muhammad Kamran Khan Mulakhail and Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, JJ
MUHAMMAD GUL
Versus
GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Technical and Higher
Education, Quetta and 2 others
C.P.No.192 of 2014, decided on 24th March, 2015.
(a) Civil service ---
----Terms and conditions of service ---Bar of jurisdiction contained in Art.212 of the
Constitution ---Scope ---Relief prayed for by the petitioner was with regard to terms and
conditions of his service ---Petitioner did not have requisite qualification ---Said relief could not
be granted under constitutional jurisdiction of High Court in view of the bar contained in Art.212
of the Constitution---Constitutional petition was dismissed in circumstances.
(b) Civil service ---
----When suitable candidates were not available within the organization/department then
Government/Employer after amending the rules could advertise the post ---
Government/Employer was empowered to stipulate the qualifi cation for any vacant post keeping
in view the urgency and exigency of the matter with suitable reason for choosing the best among
the contestants through fresh recruitment.
Manzoor Ahmed Rehmani for Petitioner.
Tariq Ali Tahir, Additional Advocate -General, Aslam Pervaiz, Assistant Director
Education Department and Irfan -ud-Din, Senior Staff Trainer Directorate of Labour and
Manpower Department for Respondents Nos.1 and 2.
Abdul Zahir Kakar for Respondent No.3.
Date of hearing: 11th December, 2014.
JUDGMENT
MUHAMMAD KAMRAN KHAN MULAKHAIL, J. --- The petitioner has sought
directions to the official respondents for his promotion from the post of Mess Supervisor (BPS -
14) to the post of Messing officer (BPS -16). He also sought declaration against the direct
appointment of Messing Officer (BPS -16) being violative to the Balochistan Residential
Colleges (BPS -16 and above) Service Regulation, 2007, with the additional prayer that the
advertisement dated 26 -3-2014 published in daily 'Jung' Quetta is sued by the Principal,
Balochistan Residential College, Loralai ("the BRC") to the extent of appointment of the
Messing Officer (BPS -16) is to be declared illegal, unlawful and of no legal effect.
2. Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Rehmani, learned counsel for the pet itioner contended that the petitioner
was appointed as Laboratory Assistant in grade B -7, in pursuance of Order No.14- BRC (A&S) -
96/69, dated 30th May, 1996, in the BRC Loralai. He stated that on 31st October, 2008 the post
of Messing Officer (B -16) was vac ated, whereby the Secretary Education, Government of
Balochistan had sent a requisition for the Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) and other
relevant documents of the employees working in the BRC Loralai. He asserted that the petitioner
was already having the requisite qualification and experience for the post of messing officer and
he was recommended for promotion being at S.No.1 of the seniority list. Thereafter, his
promotion case was submitted to the Secretary Education for onward transmission to the Board
of Governors on 30th November, 2009, the board recommended the petitioner and other
employees of the BRC for promotion, however, the same could not be implemented to the extent
of the petitioner, besides the other employees were promoted. Whereafter, t he petitioner time and
again made submission for his promotion, but his request was always treated with deaf ears.
The learned counsel further contended that despite approval by the Board of Governors of the
BRC the petitioner was not promoted to next position of Messing Officer and posts were
advertised by the official respondents for fresh recruitments. He maintained that under the BRC,
Services Regulations the post of Messing Officer is to be filled by promotion from amongst the
Mess Supervisors and Me ss Assistants having ten years experience of the messing affairs of the
Residential Colleges. He added that the official respondents in order to deprive the petitioner, are
violating the Service Regulations. He finally sought directions to the official res pondents to
promote the petitioner to the post of Messing Officer and to refrain from making direct
appointments in view of Service Regulations of the BRC.
3. Mr. Abdul Zahir Kakar, learned counsel for respondent No.3 strongly opposed the contentions
and submitted copies of letters addressed to respondent No.3, issued by the Director -III of the
Provincial Ombudsman Balochistan, he stated that this petition was filed on 29- 3-2014, whereas
at the same time a complaint was also filed by the petitioner before the Provincial Ombudsman.
He added that the petitioner has not approached this court with clean hands and has not disclosed
the fact that he has also filed a complaint before the Provincial Ombudsman, but he cannot avail
two distinct remedies simultaneous ly. He propounded that the petitioner is a government servant
and the prayer made in this petition relates to the terms and conditions of his service, therefore,
this petition is not maintainable. He maintained that the office record shows that the promotion
of the petitioner from Lab Assistant to the post of Assistant and again his promotion to the post
of Mess Supervisor was altogether illegal, as all the official positions held by the petitioner relate
to separate cadres and cannot be merged in general c adre. He finally urged that the Diplomas
produced by the petitioner in 'Catering' and 'Hotel Management' were dubious and the
Government of Balochistan does not recognize the Skill Development Council ("SDC"), while
for appointment as Messing Officer the D iploma in Catering Management was a mandatory
requirement, therefore, the petitioner was not promoted. He urged with vehemence that petition
being not maintainable deserves dismissal.
4. Mr. Tariq Ali Tahir, learned A.A.- G. supported the arguments advanc ed by the counsel for
respondent No.3 and also showed serious reservations and concerns regarding the 'Diploma of
Catering' obtained by the petitioner. He suggested that the Department may be allowed to make
fresh recruitments in order to appoint the best among the contestants. He urged that the petitioner
can also apply for the post and if he holds any sort of diploma in Catering, he can appear in the
written tests subject to verification of his diploma by the concerned quarters.
5. This petition was adm itted to regular hearing on 9 -4-2014 when a query was posed to the
learned counsel for the petitioner that whether the petitioner holds any Diploma in Catering or
else. The petitioner was present in person, who relied upon two documents i.e. 'Diploma in
Catering' and 'Diploma in Hotel Management' respectively issued by the SDC Lahore and
Peshawar. On which he was asked that did he attend the Modern Institute of Informatics and
Management ("MIIM") mentioned in both the said documents, in reply whereof he sta ted that he
did not attend the institute and both the courses were completed by distance learning. In response
to another question that whether he participated in tests and examinations in respect of either
course, he responded that since he was having the Master's Degree, therefore, was exempted
from any sort of test or examination. Both the referred to documents contradicted the petitioner's
stance, because the documents shows that the petitioner attended the MIIM at Islamabad and the
Diplomas, were issue d after the completion of the relevant courses.
This raises serious doubts about the SDC and the manner in which it is conducting its affairs;
therefore, notices were issued to SDC on its addresses at Islamabad and Lahore. Notices were
also issued to MII M on its addresses at Islamabad. In response to court's notices, the MIIM sent
its reply through the Additional Registrar of this Court. The reply shows that MIIM is working in
collaboration with SDC as Private partners. It was further mentioned that SDC w as established
under the National Training Ordinance, 1980 (as Amended vide Ordinance No. II of 2002).
6. In this case since the questions of distance learning and vocational/technical training had
emerged, therefore, the representatives of Education Dep artment Government of Balochistan and
the representative of Directorate of Manpower and Technical Training Department Government
of Balochistan were also summoned to address the queries. Both the representatives made their
submissions and filed the relevant documents.
Mr. Irfan -ud-Din, the representative of the Labour Department drew our attention towards
certain advertisements and web reports, which show that a few institutes are offering vocational
and technical training courses on basis of distance learning, whereas the advertisement published
by the said private institutes shows that they are offering professional diplomas of two years on
basis of four months duration and pretending that the Diplomas issued by them are duly
recognized in the country and abroad, on basis of its/their affiliation with the SDC. Therefore, it
was felt necessary to attend the question of sanctity of certificates issued by private institutes in
the garb of affiliation and recognition under the umbrella of the SDC. In this cas e the diplomas in
Catering and Hotel Management were produced by the petitioner on basis whereof he claimed
that being the senior most among the other contestants, since he had a diploma in catering issued
by MIIM (private institute), therefore he had pref erential right for appointment. It has also been
noted that the intended candidates are bringing the diplomas issued by the private institutes but
competent appointing authorities seem to be in a dilemma, therefore, they are unable to take the
appropriate decision as to whether the said diplomas are acceptable or otherwise. On the other
hand the candidates are initiating the litigations on the strength that when they are having the
experience certificates of extra qualification in the relevant disciplines i ssued by the duly
recognized institutes, they must be preferred to appointments. Therefore, the question of
vocational/ technical training, the distance learning, the regulatory authority for conducting
vocational/technical trainings and the correct import of National Training Ordinance, 1980 have
been considered necessary to be addressed for guidance in future. (underlining has been supplied
for emphasis)
7. However, we deem it apt to discuss the merits of this case before attending the questions
referre d to hereinabove. In this case the petitioner has admitted before us that he neither appeared
in any examination nor any test was conducted, even he never visited the institute either in
Islamabad or Peshawar, while the record shows that during the period when according to his
Diploma in Catering and Diploma in Hotel Management, he was supposed to be studying in said
diplomas awarding private institutes, but he was on his duty as Mess Supervisor in the BRC
Loralai. The BRC Service Regulations, 2007 provides the method of recruitment on the post of
Messing Officer BPS -16 by promotion with ten years' experience of messing affairs. However, it
needs no reiteration that when the suitable candidates are not available within the
organization/department, then the G overnment/Employer after amending the relevant rules, can
advertise the post. The Government/Employer is empowered to stipulate the qualification for any
vacant post, keeping in view the urgency and exigency of the matter with suitable reasons for
choosing the best among the contestants through fresh recruitment.
8. In view of above discussion and the reply filed by respondent No.3 it can safely be concluded
that the relief prayed for by the petitioner relates to the terms and conditions of his service and
the said relief cannot be granted under the Constitutional jurisdiction of this court in view of the
bar contained in Article 212 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. As far as
the 'Catering Diploma' obtained by the petitioner on basis of distance learning from an institute,
which is neither recognized nor affiliated with the Provincial Trade Testing Board ("TTB") is
concerned, it can irresistibly be concluded that the petitioner does not have the requisite
qualification i.e. 'Dipl oma in Catering', thus diplomas produced by him were fake and do not
have any legal sanctity, because same were obtained/awarded through unfair means and cannot
be accepted being illegal.
9. Now adverting to the proposition involved in this case, it woul d be apt to determine the
questions emerged in this petition; therefore, in order to resolve the controversy the following
questions have been formulated:
(i) What are the definitions of Vocational/Technical Training and Distance learning?
(ii) Whether the Vocational and Technical Training can be obtained/ provided through
distance learning?
(iii) Whether any authority exists to regulate the examination/test for vocational and
technical training? if so, whether any recognition of the said authority is required for the
institutions providing such training?
(iv) Whether SDC being a legal entity can conduct the examination in vocational and
technical education and whether any private institute affiliated with SDC can issue the
certificate on basis of di stance learning without attending the institute?
(v) Whether any certificate issued by the SDC or its affiliated institute situated anywhere
around the country is recognized by the authority, which regulates the affairs of
vocational and technical traini ng.
The replies to the aforesaid questions are provided in seriatim in the following manner:
(i) What are the definition of Vocational/Technical Training and Distance learning.
The terms Vocational/Technical, Training/Education are homologous in nature, which
are defined as under: --
"Vocational education/training is education within vocational schools that prepares
people for a specific trade. It directly develops expertise in techniques related technology,
skill and scientific technique to span all aspects of the trade. Vocational education is
classified as using procedural knowledge."
Generally known as career, the technical education or technical and vocational education and
training, it prepares people for specific trades, crafts and careers at various levels from a trade, a
craft technician, or a high professional practitioner position in career's such as engineering,
accountancy, nursing, medicine, architecture, law etc. Craft vocations are usually based on
manual or practical activities and a re traditionally non- academic but related to a specific trade
and occupation. It is sometimes referred to as technical education as the trainee directly develops
expertise in a particular group of techniques. Vocational education can be at the secondary, post -
secondary level, further education, and higher education level and can interact with the
apprenticeship system. Increasingly, vocational education can be recognized in terms of
recognition of prior learning and partial academic credit towards tertiary education (e.g., at a
university) as credit.
"Distance education or distance learning is a mode of delivering education and
instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a
traditional setting such as a classroom."
Distance learning provides "access to learning when the source of information and the learners
are separated by time and distance, or both." Distance education courses that require a physical
on-site presence for any reason (excluding taking examinations) have been referred to as hybrid
or blended courses of study. Massive open online c ourses (MOOCs), aimed at large- scale
interactive participation and open access via the web or other network technologies, are a recent
development in distance education.
(ii) Whether the Vocational and Technical Training can be obtained/provided
through distance learning?
Keeping in view the aforesaid encyclopedic meanings of referred to terms and on perusal of
Amended Ordinance, it can safely be concluded that technical/vocational skill at the certificate
level is imparted under the proposition of 80% skill based training imparted at the
workshop/work place, and 20% in the form of theory in the related subjects i.e. Trade Theory,
Technical Math and Technical Drawing (imparted in the class room/laboratories) with the help
of teaching aids. Operational mo del, flip chart, transparencies and multimedia are basic modules
of vocational/technical education. Moreover, the practical training in the workshop/work place is
performed by three step method, which is as under:
(i) The Teacher/Instructor performs the job himself in front of all students/trainees.
(ii) The students/trainees demonstrate/repeat the assignment in the physical presence of
teacher/Instructor under his supervision.
(iii) The students/trainees perform the job independently. However, he is provided
continuous guidance/supervision by the Instructor/Teacher.
These facts narrate that distance learning/education is not at all applicable in the
vocational/technical training as the gadgets, instruments, machines and tools recommended in
the curr icula can neither be made available while sitting at distance nor can be supervised by the
instructor in such form of education.
(iii) Whether any authority exists to regulate the examination/test for vocational and
technical training, if so, whether any recognition of the said authority is required for
the institutions providing such training?
Before attending the question, it would be instructive to go through the back ground and history
of vocational training in the country. Efforts for Vocational and Technical training activities in
Balochistan were initiated in the year 1979 by establishing 'ARTISAN' training institutes in the
Labour and Manpower Training Department Balochistan. The effort was at its evolutionary
phase, when in the year 1980 the Nat ional Training Ordinance (Ordinance IX of 1980) ("NTO")
was promulgated on 20th March 1980. In pursuance whereof, the National Training Bureau
("NTB") was established at the Federal level, to look after and harmonize the vocational training
activities in the country. The National Training Bureau was assigned the task to harmonizing and
standardizing the vocational training activities, developing the skill standards for preparation of
curricula of different trades, provision of machinery, tools and equipment s to the
technical/vocational training centers, to train the instructional staff of vocational and technical
training and to introduce the trade testing and certification system for technical/vocational
trainings.
In order to achieve the objects of the O rdinance, 1980 and to initiate, strengthen and look after
the vocational training activities the Provincial Training Boards naming as 'Trade Testing Board'
("TTB") were established in all the four provinces in order to implement the framing curricula
and r elated activities as recommended by the NTB in order to enhance the capacity of trainers as
well as trainees of vocational and technical education. The Provincial Trade Testing Board was
established in Balochistan, subject to section 4 (XIII) of the NTO 19 80, vide notification No.4-
2/91- Labour/2605- 11 dated 10th July, 1991, issued by the Secretary Government of Balochistan
Labour and Manpower Department, for conducting the final trade test of the institutions under
the aegis of Labour Department and any pri vate institute, which is registered with the TTB for
the purpose of certification thereto. Whereafter the Regulations for newly established Trade
Testing Board were also framed. The main objects of TTB are as under: ---
(i) To register vocational and technical training institutions in public and private sectors;
(ii) To ensure the uniform level of training;
(iii) To implement the skill standards and curriculum framed by the NTB;
(iv) To develop training and teaching material;
(v) To evaluate an d monitor training activities;
(vi) To register trainees of all the vocational and technical training centers within the
province;
(vii) To develop the questionnaire for each trade;
(viii) To conduct trade tests for short term and long term (one year certificate program)
courses; and
(ix) To issue certificates for the pass -outs of short term or long term courses.
However, the mandate of TTB was/is restricted to certificate level courses only.
Thereafter certain amendments were introduced in the Ordinance 1980 called the National
Training (Amendment Ordinance, 2002) (hereinafter "NT" "Amended Ordinance"), which
introduces the SDCs proposed to be established in all over the country under section 4 subsection
(2) of the Amended Ordinance, Whereafter the SDCs were established in the Provincial Capitals,
as well as, in the Federal Capital. The main object and function of SDCs were/are:
(a) To create liaison between employers and employees and train ing providers,
(b) To identify the training requirements of geographical areas;
(c) To arrange training as per training need assessment with the public and private
institutes;
(d) To assure quality standards of training and motivate employers.
The aforesaid efforts initiated for imparting vocational and technical training at intermediate
level, as well as, at pre- secondary school level, which was for the purpose of certification, which
did not involve the graduation and post -graduation level trainin gs.
It has also come into our notice that initially the National Vocational and Technical Education
Commission was established pursuant to the Cabinet Divisions Notification No.4- 16/2005- Min-
I, dated the 30th December, 2005 and subsequently the Ordinance (XXXIV) of 2006 was
promulgated as National Vocational and Technical Education Commission Ordinance, 2006, and
enforced on 8th November, 2006. Thereafter the Balochistan Technical Education and
Vocational Training Authority (Ordinance No.1) of 2007 was pr omulgated on 16th January
2007. Finally, the Balochistan Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Act,
2011(Act No.II of 2011) ("B -TEVTA Act, 2011") was enacted on 24th March 2011. Whereas
under section 4 the Secretary Labour and Manpower Depa rtment is Ex -officio Secretary and
Member of the Authority. The functions of the Authority, its Secretary and the Chairman of the
Authority are prescribed in the B -TEVTA Act, 2011, which inter alia includes:
Functions of the Authority under section 5 (f) of the Act, 2011 are as under: --
"(f) strengthen and upgrade the existing Trade Testing Board functioning under the aegis
of Labour and Manpower Department for issuing of trade proficiency Certificates and
Diplomas."
"Functions of the Secretary B -TEVTA.6. (1)
(a) . .
(j) conduct trade tests and certify the skilled persons and trainers who have received
vocational training through any source or acquired the skill through experience or
informal system;
(k) (1) ..
(m) affiliate public and private institutes with TTB for final trade test and certification
thereof.
(n) (o) (p) (q) . (r) .
(s) establish "Trade Advisory Committee" to update the existing training manuals in the
light of prevailing labour market requirements"
Under section 7 of the Act, 2011 the functions of the Chairman are prescribed as under: --
"7. The Chairman of the Authority shall be the Chief Executive of the Authority and
shall:--
(a) .. . (b) (c) ..
(d) set up such administrative and technical comm ittees, working groups, skill
development council, trade testing board or other such bodies and entrust them such
functions as he may consider necessary;
(e) regulate quality control for implementation of skills standards, syllabus, trade testing
and cer tification of technical and vocational training institutes;
(f) advise the Authority for grant of diplomas/certificates for the courses conducted by
the private technical education and vocational training institutions affiliated with the
Balochistan Tech nical Education and Vocational Training Authority (BTEVTA);
(g) determine equivalence and recognition of diplomas, certificates awarded by
institutions within the country in consultation with the Commission (BTEVTA);"
However, we have been apprised that though the B -TEVTA Act, 2011 has been promulgated and
besides others the Chief Minister Balochistan has been designated as the Ex -officio Chairman of
the Authority, but the authority has not been assembled as yet. The Balochistan Trade Testing
Board i s still functioning according to the mandate conferred upon it under the National Training
Ordinance, 1980 (as amended vide Ordinance -II of 2002).
Thus, in light of above discussion and in view of two enactments, it can safely be concluded that
National Training Bureau at the Federal level and Trade Testing Boards at Provincial level are
the only authorities, who have been mandated to regulate the examination/ test for vocational and
technical training and only those institutes are authorized to offer the diploma/certificate in
technical/vocational training in any discipline, which are affiliated and recognized by the boards
and no other public or private institute, is authorized to offer any sort of diploma/certificate in
vocational and technical training in any discipline.
(iv) Whether SDC being a legal entity can conduct the examination in vocational
and technical education and whether any private institute affiliated with SDC can
issue the certificate on basis of distance learning without attending th e institute.
The 'Rules of Business, 2014' of the SDC, framed by the Ministry of Education, Training and
Standards in Higher Education Commission Islamabad vide circular No.5(44)/2013- PTT dated
3rd February, 2014, shows that neither in the referred to Rules of Business nor earlier at any
point of time the SDC was ever authorized either to issue the certificates of Vocational Training
or to conduct any sort of test/examinations. The perusal of Rules of Business clearly manifests
that conducting the trade t est and issuing certificate thereto are not the mandate of SDC, meaning
thereby that SDC was never authorized to provide training, to recognize private sectors training
institutes or to conduct any sort of trade test, rather it is the prerogative of the Tr ade Testing
Board, wherever it may be, which is the only legal authority to carry out the aforesaid functions
in the light of the mandate conferred upon it under the Amended Ordinance, 2002.
(v) Whether any certificate issued by the SDC or its affiliated institute situated
anywhere around the country is recognized by the authority, which regulates the
affairs of vocational and technical training?
It seems that with the flux of time neither at the Federal level the NTB nor at the provincial level,
the TT Bs are discharging their functions according to the mandate conferred upon them vide
NTO, 1980 and in accordance with the Amended Ordinance, 2002, therefore the private
institutions under the garb and on the pretext of affiliation with SDC are offering voc ational and
technical trainings and in the cases of fresh recruitments, this tendency has become a run of the
mill, where the intended candidates are bringing the diplomas/certificates in various disciplines
and trying to build up their preferential rights on/above other candidates, who could not obtain
the said certificates/diplomas due to weak financial positions or due to lack of information in this
behalf.
10. The perusal of aforesaid enactment and Rules of Business of the Skill Development council
altogether manifests that to conduct the trade tests and issue certificate thereof has never been the
mandate of the SDC and its affiliated institutes. The only authority under the law to conduct the
vocational/technical training tests is the Trade Testing B oards. We have been apprised by Mr.
Irfan -ud-Din, while referring the list of regular institutes that in Balochistan both in public and
private sector, certain institutes are affiliated with Trade Testing Board Balochistan and except
the affiliated institu tions any technical and vocational training/ education provided by any other
institute throughout the country is not acceptable being not recognized. He further informed us
that in order to determine the eligibility of private institute before affiliation and recognition, the
capacity and potentiality of the public and private institutes are to be kept in mind, which is a
condition precedent for affiliation and recognition, therefore, in Balochistan the SDCs were
restricted to training facilities to the tar get groups with the assistance of contracted training
centers of the public and private centers. The trade test and the certification was always
prerogative of the Trade Testing Board, which is the only legal authority having the mandate
under the National Training Ordinance, 1980.
11. Before parting with this judgment, we are dismayed to observe here that after promulgation
of B -TEVTA Act, 2011, so far, the authority has not been assembled and the affairs of the
authority are being run by the Trade Testi ng Board constituted under the National Training
Ordinance, 1980, which duty was owed to be fulfilled by B -TEVTA.
It is suffice to mention here that the labour market becomes more specialized and require higher
levels of skill, governments and business e ntities are increasingly investing in the future of
vocational education through publicly funded training organizations and subsidized
apprenticeship or traineeship initiatives for businesses. At the post -secondary level vocational
education is typically p rovided by an institute of technology/polytechnic, university, or by a local
community college. Vocational education has diversified over the 20th century and now exists in
industries such as retail, tourism, information technology, funeral services and cosmetics, as well
as in the traditional crafts and cottage industries.
12. We are neither an industrial nation nor in the province of Balochistan the object of
employment could be addressed due to deteriorated law and order situation, therefore, the capit al
is fleeing away and the brains are draining out, particularly in the province and generally in the
country. This long lasting issue has neither seen nor shown to have been addressed in the
hierarchy of the executive authority. We being a poor developing nation do not have enough
financial resources either to provide employment to the youth nor it looks possible in near future
to provide the coverage of social security to the nation. We are also not in a position to establish
as many institutions of highe r education at university level but we can provide employment to
the growing youth either on basis of self -employment system or to provide them a complete
vocational and technical training, to enable them to get employment in the developed industrial
count ries. Then, it is prayed and expected that the coming generation would be in a much better
position to serve their respective families and the motherland. Therefore, following directions are
made in order to achieve the aforesaid objects.
i. The Trade Testing Board Balochistan shall be extended by including the participation
of the industry/private sector for the acceptance of its certificates for the private sectors.
ii The Trade Testing Board Balochistan shall be strengthen by providing substantial
number of vacancies to implement its tasks timely and effectively in the SNE of the
Government of Balochistan Manpower Training Department.
iii. Training opportunities and staff development programs shall be chalked out,
implemented in order to capacitate the competency based training in the province.
iv. The Government of Balochistan Finance Department shall allocate reasonable
resources in this regard.
v. The capacity building of the training providers shall be enhanced to make the training
activities effective and result oriented.
vi. The training institutes under public sector may also be strengthened with machine and
manpower to overcome the existing and future dem and of the technical manpower in the
province, country, region and overseas.
vii. The Trade Testing Board Balochistan shall be empowered to facilitate the workers of
informal and non- formal sectors engaged in technical business/services to certify them as
skilled or semi- skilled workers/laborers.
13. The Federal and Provincial Secretaries of Labour and Manpower Department shall ensure to
restrain Skill Development Councils and its affiliated institutions from initiating any sort of
vocational training w ithout prior permission of concerned Trade Testing Board and on
Federation level from the National Training Bureau. They shall further ensure that the Skill
Development Council and its affiliated institutions shall not issue any sort of certificate/diploma
without test/examination conducted by the Trade Testing Board/National Training Bureau
Islamabad.
14. Copy of this judgment be sent to the following offices of the Federal Government and the
Provincial Government for information and compliance: ---
(i) Chief Secretary Government of Balochistan.
(ii) Federal Secretary Labour and Manpower Department, Islamabad.
(iii) Overseas Pakistanis Foundation Islamabad.
(iv) Chairman National Training Bureau Islamabad.
(v) Chairman Skill Development Council Islamabad.
(vi) Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Balochistan.
(vii) Secretary Labour and Manpower Department, Government of Balochistan.
(viii) Directorate of Labour and Manpower Training Department, Samungli Road Quetta
(ix) Regional D irector Skill Development Council, Sirki Road Quetta.
Directorate of Labour and Manpower Training Department Balochistan shall also send the copy
of this judgment to all public and private sector vocational/technical training institutes within the
province. The Director concerned shall also send the quarterly progress report for our perusal in
chamber.
In conclusion we would like to record our appreciation for the assistance rendered by Mr. Irfan-
ud-Din Senior Staff Trainer for providing us correct text of certain amendments, the relevant
law, and the rules of business of Skill Development Council and for his verbal input, in order to
achieve the object.
However, in view of discussion made before attending referred to questions the petition, being
devoid of merits is dismissed with no order as to cost.
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