The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the District Education Officer, Gujrat to reinstate the petitioner Shahnaz Akhtar a PTC teacher, within one week and submit a report to the court.
The court passed these orders in a contempt petition filed by the petitioner who was terminated in 1993 along with other teachers.
Justice Saeed-ur-Rehman Farrukh of the LHC had ordered to reinstate the petitioner within 15 days but the respondent failed to comply with the court orders. The petitioner's counsel contended before the court that other expelled teachers have already been reinstated in service by the department on the orders of the Supreme Court.
The court, after hearing the petitioner's counsel at length, allowed the petition and directed the respondents to reinstate her within one week and submit a report to the court.
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