The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan for August 16 for laying off three officials including a disable man from their services at its Lahore office. The petitioners Ali Raza, Faheem Naseem and Asghar Ali through their counsel argued that the ministry appointed them as Naib Qasid and security guards with the office of Administrator Jammu & Kashmir State Property, Lahore, last year in February.
The counsel argued that they were regularized but had been laid off and made redundant from the office of Jammu & Kashmir State Property without any prior notice. They said the authorities concerned did not issue any speaking order to stop them from working. The petitioners' counsel submitted that Ali Raza was suffering from disability who was laid off from the job and denied even entry into the department.