The Islamabad High Court on Thursday issued notices to secretaries of Ministry of Defence, Establishment Division and Federal Public Service Commission in a case to declare provisions of Establishment Division regarding induction of army officers in civil services ultra vires and against Article 18, 25 and 27 of Constitution.
A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the petition and issued notices to the respondents including secretaries Ministry of Defence, Establishment Division and Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC). The bench directed the respondents to submit their response within a fortnight.
Petitioner Major Waheed Akhtar (retd) argued that the induction of armed forces officers in civil services started in 1980 during the tenure of military dictator [Ziaul Haq] through an Establishment Division OM No. 14/5/78-D-III dated 10-2-1980, which further published at Sr No 231 in ESTACODE. He said that since then every year the armed forces officers are inducted in civil service without appearing in competitive examinations on 10 per cent of total seats.