Agha Sohail Ahmed Pathan (Petitioner) VS Province of Sindh and Others (Respondent)

Order Sheet

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

Const. Petition No. D – 1301 of 2018 Date Order with signature of Judge

For direction :

1.For hearing of CMA No.4743 of 2020 (Contempt) :

2.For hearing of CMA No.15710 of 2019 (Contempt) :

Mr. Altamash Arab, advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hyder Imam Rizvi, advocate for the applicant / intervener. Mr. Hakim Ali Shaikh, Additional Advocate General.

Mr. Ali Safdar Depar, Assistant Advocate General.

Khalid Hyder Shah, Secretary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh and Muhammad Zama Narejo, Additional Secretary (S-I), SGA&CD, Government of Sindh.

Vide order dated 20.03.2018, respondents 1 and 2 were directed to appoint the Chairman and Members of the Sindh Textbook Board within a period of thirty (30) days as per the undertaking given before this Court on that date. Thereafter, another undertaking was given before this Court by respondents 1 and 2 on 03.03.2020 that the above order shall be complied with in letter and spirit by appointing the Chairman of the Sindh Textbook Board within fifteen (15) days. Learned AAG states that compliance of the above order has been made and in support of this contention he has placed on record a copy of the notification dated 18.03.2020 whereby one Ahmed Bux Narejo, an officer of Provincial Administrative Service BS-20 (PAS), has been transferred / posted as Chairman of the Sindh Textbook Board till further orders.

In view of the above, the listed contempt applications have become infructuous and are dismissed as such with no order as to costs.

JUDGE

JUDGE

*19.03.2020/Short Orders DB/Court Work/ARK*