Notice issued in petition questioning appointment of Member Technical

12 Dec, 2009

Notices were issued to Ministry of Law and Justice, Chief Secretary Sindh and Member Technical of Environment Protection Tribunal (EPT) by a division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi here on Friday. The bench was hearing a constitution petition filed by Ghulam Qadir Mahar who retired from Police department in Grade 21.
The petitioner referring to the advertisement appearing in local newspapers on 12-4-2008 submitted that he possessed all qualification and was domiciled from Sindh Rural area but one Sami-uz-Zaman was appointed, while petitioner and other applicants to the post of Member Technical were even not called for interview.
The petitioner prayed to the court to declare inaction by the respondents for not filling the position impugned in the petition as illegal, direct respondent to interview applicants including petitioner and to appoint the petitioner if no other applicant is available from Rural Sindh. The bench after hearing Barrister Zamir Ghumro, counsel for petitioner issued notices to the respondents for a date to be fixed later by the office of the court.

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