A full bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) comprising Justice Iftekhar Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Syed Deedar Hussain Shah on Friday dismissed leave to appeal filed by Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and Pakistan Design Institute (PDI), Karachi.
The appellants made Shahida Sajideen and other five employees respondents in the appeal.
The appellants impugned a judgement by Federal Services Tribunal (FST) which requires of the appellants to pay amount of Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) to respondents.
According to details, PDI seized functioning on June 1, 1999 and respondents services were terminated on 30-6-1999.
The respondents/employees moved Federal Ombudsman against their removal and non- payment of their dues. The Federal Ombudsman deciding the applications directed EPB and PDI to settle the accounts of CPF of the respondents/applicants. The employees were also asked to seek remedy from FST having jurisdiction in the matter.
The employees moved FST which by an order held that amount of employees was deducted at source by the employer and therefore they are entitled to get full CPF.
The bench on Friday after hearing Standing Counsel Mehmood Alam Rizvi who appeared for EPB and defunct PDI, dismissed the leave to appeals in limine ordering that appellants have no right to hold back the money from CPF.