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SYEI) N4I]IIAI\,IMAI) A1'TI Qtll,l stiAU. .I.- I'hrough thc instanr Constitutionai pcrition, ljlcd uridcl Articlc 199 of thc ConstitLrtion ol' Islaili,_ Ilcpublic o1' I)al<istan, I973 Irctitioncr-s hli..,c rnarlc ihc lbllorving praycr:

"lt is, thereJitre, humhly pnty{'r!

llttrt on occeptonce of inslunt n,rit lctilion, l,residcnl Ot'/ite {,'irt.ittc, Bearing No.02/20!7 lotct!

-i0. I 1.2017 mty grucior.tsi.y bit rdared lo he sel asidt: finl l\'esident Olfica Circuiur hturing Nit.06/2016 dated 28.10.2016 be rcvived und tlre respondents ht:

iirected lo pronrute tltc pclilioncrs in tltc wuke 0l lheir lwn pliii-.i:

Promotion Asscssmenl Storint ,S.1:stem (P4S,S) *,hii.!:

culegorically t'ottsitlcrcti b,e ightoge of seniority milrks ( !t)

to -10) as essentinl Purt rtl lhc policy and ull Promolions mude under the garb of' the imPugn el policy be ordered to he stt usitlc.

Any other relief' decms ./ii ./br thc' petitioners mtty ulso hc gruntctl."

'l'hc facls succinctly rcvcalcd [iom thc pctilion arc l-hat pclitioncrs arc rcgular ur-rplo,vccs ol- thc National llank ol Pakistan/rcsponclcn ts; that thc rcsponclcnts announccd a policy rcgarding prornotion vidc Prcsidcnt's Ollicc Circular No.06/201 6 datcd 28.10.201 6 thcrcbv

introduccd/drawn a critcria ol thc Prornotion Asscssmcnt Scoring Systcrn (PASS) with a wcightagc o['scniority rnarks; that conscqucntly, tl'rc pctitioncrs and othcrs bcing qualiticd Lo bc prorrotcd, wcrc callcd lor intcrvicws on 2l .08.201 6 and 16.11.2017 by thc rcspondcnts at NIIP Stall- Collcgc. Islamabad and NIII' Ilcgional OI'tlcc, Muzall'arabad nK and thcir inlcrvicws wcrc conductccl by thc Cornrniltcc conslitutcd lbl thc said purposc; thal aftcl conducling intcrvicws, thc rcspondcnts wcrc rcquircd to havc plomotccl thc pctitioncrs unclcr thc policy ol' 20 I 6, howcvcr, tl-rc rcspondcnts havc suddcnly intloduccd thc irr-rpugnccl

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rcvisccl policy ol 2017 bcaring No.0212017 datcd 30.I I .201 7 ancl dcprivcd thc pctitioncrs o1'thcil right' ol- prornotion; hcncc, thc instant writ pctition' -1. l'hc rcspondcnts wcrc put to tloticc, who corrtcstcd thc pctition by lrling thcir para-wisc corrmcnts, whcrcin, thcy controvcrtcd thc stancc o 1' thc pctitioncrs rcgarding thcir promotion

4.Argumcnts hcard and rccord pcruscd.

5.l'crusal of' rccord would lcvcal that thc pctitioncls at'c rcgular cmployccs ol thc rcspondcnls and pctitioncrs No.1 to 3 and pctitioncrs No.4 and 5 wcrc duly callcd lor intcrl'icws scparatcly by thc rcspondcnts on 21.08.2016 and 16.11.20 17, lcspcctivcly, lbr thcir prornolion in thc light ol- poliil, llcaring No.021201(r datcd 28.10.2016. 'l'he n'rool qucslion bclorc lhis Clourt in thc prcscnl wriL pctition is whcthcr thc proccss ol promotion ol- thc pclitioncrs initiatcd and succcss[irlly corrplctcd undcr I)romotion Policy ol 201 6, cor-rld bc witl.rhclcl subsccprcntly by thc rcspondcnts on thc glound ol' intloduction o1' rcviscd policy o1' 201 '/. Whilc analyzing thc rccord ol thc casc, it is obvious that thc casc o1' thc pctitioncrs fbr their promotion was t

tal<r:n up by thc rcspondcnts undcr prornotion policy ol' .)-01(r and thc wholc proccss o[' intctvicws was con-rplctccl thcrc undcr, thcn thc rcspondcnls wcrtr rccluircd undcr the law to havc issucd Notillcation ol' plor-notion ot'thc pctitioncrs undcr thc samc policy, as thc saicl policy was bcnchcial to thcm, which could not bc lcgally takcn away [l'om thcm on any gror-rnd whatsocvcr. lt is by now scttlcd tl'rai Notillcation or Policy, which providc bcncllts, iL would bc applicablc with rctrospcctivc cllbci and whcrc a policy or Notification taking away ccrtain bcnc llts ol substantial right ol' a pcrson rvorlld bc applicablc prospcctivcly. I{cliancc in this rcspcct is placcd on casc litlccl 'Government o/ I(I'K utttl ollters v. Khulid Mehmood' (2012 SCMI{ 619) ancl 'Scnior Memlter BOR und otltars v. Strdur lJukhsh IJh fitu ond unotlter' (2012 SCMI{ ti64). Wl.rcn both thc policics arc placcd in juxta position. it has bccornc clcar that ccrtain cl-rangcs wcrc bror-rghl rn thc rnarks of intcrvicw through rcvisccl policy ol' 20 i 7, which was issucd allcr conducting intcrvicws ol'thc pctitioners. l'hus, thc rcspondcnts could not givc rctiospcctivc cl-lcct to thc policl, o1'20 17, whcn

thcy havc alrcady conductcd intcrvicws o[' thc pctirioncls in thc light of thc policy of' 20 16, as thc bcncllts proviclcd in thc fbrmcr policy wcrc altcrcd thlough thc lattcr policy, thercby taking away ccrtain provisions bcncficial to thc pctitior-rcrs' .l'hcrc{irrc, thc rcvisccl policy. which u'as issucd alicr corr-rplction oi'thc cntirc proccss of intcrvicw o['thc pctitioncrs, would not bc applicablc to thcir casc' (r. Accordingly, Lor thc rcasons mcntioncd hcrcinabovc, this writ pctition is allowcd arrd rcsponclcnts arc dircctcd to finalizc thc casc ol' pl'omotion of'thc pctitioncrs in accordancc with thc:

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