Sindh High Court
Arbab Ali Mahar (Petitioner) VS Federation of Pakistan & Others (Respondent)
- Case
- Const. P. 508/2023
- Type
- Writ Jurisdictions
- Bench
- Mr. Justice Arbab Ali Hakro, Mr. Justice Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro
- Length
- 6 pages
Summary from the court's website
A recruitment policy altered before the interview stage and applied alike to all operates prospectively; success in the written test confers no right to the post or to any weightage formula; and a candidate who appears under the changed process without demur cannot assail it after failing on merit.
Full judgment
Official copyAdvertisement published by WAPDA, Annex-B to the para-wise comments of respondents No.1 to 4.
PTS roll number slip and result, Annexes C and D to the petition.
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SOP-2018 dated 07.02.2018, Annex-B to the petition.
Office Order No.AD(E.IA)/7038/90/2020/16369-16468 dated 03.10.2022, Annex-E to the petition and Annex-C to the para-wise comments.
Letter dated 30.11.2022 of the Assistant Director (HR&Admn) Hydel, WAPDA, Annex-F to the petition.
C. P. No. D – 508 of 2023 Page 3 of 6
Proceedings of the shortlisting board for the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical), Sindh (Rural) quota, Annex-D to the para-wise comments.
C. P. No. D – 508 of 2023 Page 4 of 6
Federal Public Service Commission v. Shiraz Manzoor 2023 SCMR 2087.
Secretary Finance v. Ghulam Safdar 2005 SCMR 534; Waheed Gul Khan v. Province of Sindh 2024
SCMR 1701.
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Uzma Manzoor v. Vice-Chancellor, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 2022 SCMR 694.
Government of Balochistan v. Muhammad Akhtar 2025 SCMR 656.
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Muhammad Ashraf Sangri v. Federation of Pakistan 2014 SCMR 157; Waheed Gul Khan (n.8 above).
Vice Chancellor, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University v. Altaf Hussain Somroo F.C.P.L.A. No.14 of 2025 (Federal Constitutional Court); Ghulam Safdar (n.8 above).
Waheed Gul Khan (n.8 above).
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