Peshawar High Court

Dr. Khalid Khan Vs Govt etc.

Case
WP No. 142-A of 2016
Type
Constitutional
Length
7 pages

Summary from the court's website

Marks awarded by the selection committee are not open to interference by the High Court in its constitutional jurisdiction. Respondent have followed the criteria meant for selection of candidate for the post in question on the basis of mere allegation, the entire selection process, without cogent & reasonable ground could not be declared as illegal. WP dismissed.

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JUDGMENT SIIEI.,'I

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sY[,r) MtiHAMMAt) A]-t'tOLiu SIlu\li,.l.- I)ciilioncr. I)r. Khalid Khan. rhrcrr,.l: instiuil corlsiitulional pctition undcr Articlc I ()9 oi' tl.i.

(-onsritLrtion ol' Islarnic Ilcpublic ol' I']akistan, l97 i has apploacli(jd this (-'or"rrl-, witl-r tl'rc iirl;r;r'r'in:r prilvc r. -

"I t is, rhereJitre, h u,nhi'' pr ,r'el thul ott ucceplonce o.f inslonl n'rit petition, the .fitllowittg d irettit; rt s triu! graciously he issuel lhut:

l. Thc seleclion / uppoinlmeni o.f resp|ndcnt No.7 fis Assistu nl Pro/esxtr l/rulogv in l] PS- I I ht:

daclorcd os null unl voirl.

2.'fhc so-colled s(,lecliotl hrturd ts ,t'us ,1ol constilutied legullt' tnl n.'tt.; ,t0l complele in qt.!orun'r, hs

( dcclured as hased uporr nrulu/itlc tnl collusion.

-1. 7'he petilioner he decltred as morc c-rperience tl, quuliJied and scnior in post gruluntion degrec hencr: cntitle ond eligiblc lo hc appoinled tts ussistunt pro./bssor urology tnd hc ordered lo be salctlctl / uppoinlel ns Assislanl l'ro.fcsvr U rolo14y.

4.Ilespontlent Na.-i (llourl o./ Oovernors) he ordcred t0 hc ireclcd not finall.y opprove lhc srt- t'tlle d selection/ oppointntenl of raspondenl No.7.

5.T-he udvertisement luled 10.07.201 5 he declurcd /rs superfluous, inelJbclivc unl radundanl n co-culled in tert,iews were tuken u/ier lhe lapsc oJ si.r nnntlrs dier thc c utoJJ date o.f submission 0.f upplicution i.a. 30.07.20 t 5.

And ,4 tr-t' ollter relie.f which lhis I Ionoaruble Courl dee ms .fit untl propcr in the circumslonus o.f thc cose n ay ulso be given ltt lltc petitioner."

) In csscncc, thc gricvancc ol' t.hc pctitioncr in thc prcscnt writ pctitiorr pcrlains ttr award o1- Irarks to him by lhc sclcctiorl lloarrl dcspitc having nrorc cxpcricncc in thc spccialty ol' [-Jrology, thct't t'cspondcrrt No.7 and playcd lirr appointrrcnt against thc post o['Assistant l)r'olcssor IJlology (l]l'S-Itt).

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'l'hc rcspondcnts No.2. 5 & 6 as wcll as privatc lcspondcnt No.7 wcrc pLlt ttl ttoticc, rvho contcsted thc pclition by tiling thcir para-wisc colnrrcnts, whcrcin, thcy controvcrtctl thc stancc o I thc pctitioncr.

4 Arglurcnts ol lcarnccl counscl lirr thc partics hcard and rccot'd pcruscd with thcir ablc asslstancc.

-) l'crusal ol'rccord would rcvcal that irt pursllancc to advcrtiscurcnt datcd 10.07.20 I 5 lbr lhc post ol' Assistant l)rol'cssor [Jrology (l]l'}S- l8) ltl Ayub Mcdical Collcgc, Abbottabad, pctitioncr alongwith othcrs applicd lirr thc saicl post. l'hc Sc lcction/l)ronrotion (lomrnittcc shortlistccl six canclidatcs lirr intcrvicw lbr thc saicl post ancl ottt ol thcnr thrcc candidatcs appcarcd bclbrc thc (lomnrittcc lor intcrvicw. 'l'hc (lornn'ritlcc has consiclcrcd tlrc casc ol'cach canclidatc in thc light ol sclcction critcria lbr lll'}S- l7 and abovc in Ayuh Mcdical Collcgc, Abbottabad. 'l'hc said critcria is givcr.r bclow:

" lhc salcc'tirttt llotrd ol ''llub 'llctlicul ( ollrtgt" ,,lhlrott(hud. hrts tl<:citlctl itt ils nrcalittg htltl otr 24.07.199-i thut thc nrurki g in <ust' rt/ sclaclion /ir lha ptt:;ls in RS-17 urrtl ohrtve sholl h( oul o/ 100 t'torks lo l'( d i s t r i h ut ct I us.f o I I ott's : i- lcrrtlenit: 4l) nrur|s

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tI. Dislintlio t0 iii ,ltltl: 11ut ilictrtion t5 ir,. lixperianrc t5

2.'t'ha ocatlemic marks of lha cundidutas sholl hc v'orkad oul on percenluge busis uttrl trol division-wisc. ln ur:r'orlunce h)ilh lhis swten\ lltc lotul nurrks ohtuint:tl lt.1 tr t:utttlitlute itt.fitur or lhree Professittttul ttxrttttitttrlitttrs ut the tasa nutyba, will he cr cul ed ott lrt rc(tttoii( busis out o/ the 40 murks reservetl .fbr tculemit rctorl. l''ot c.rtmple, in tlrc cuse ofo cundifu e obtuining 2]90 nrurks out o1 3650 in .fbur pxtfessitttui exunrinutkttts, his percui(ga grruling out rtJ 40 mtrks will runa lo 24 nurks.

3.I''ructiotr srtch trs 0-5 unl ultove tyill b< t'ortsilarul one nrurk while Iess lhutt tltul sholl ht ignored. To eluhorute, u ttntlitk e seturirry 22.5 p(n:e lnfie mtrks v,ill he consiiered lo hove storatl 2'1 nrurks.

4.Ona nnrk will be le ucled for ench additittrrul attenryt .f'rom the ovcrull gxuling sultitt't lo tt trutrimunt of ftrur nutrks. The reduclitttt v'ill be on thc r:trttrulaliva utlrnry,h u,tl ttot (trr lttrrl; husis-

5.'l'en nutrks.fttr distitrctittn sltull be dlotutal onl-t' litr.first posilirttt. I"or lst position in thc./irst' sautttrl und thirl prttlcssiottul axaninr iotrs' ottl.l' lwo nrurks pcr pro/essionul exuninulirttt will be dlowed t'hererts lor I sl positirttt irr lha./inul prufessiotu exunirrtrtiotr .four nrurks x'ilt he utlowett. There shrtll h( no dislitrction nrurks./itr ohloittittg sttcontl posilion itt ott!- prufassiotrul csutltin0lk)tt.

6.Out ol the /ilieen nrurks ttllotatcl for utklilittttol q uul i/it'rrtitt tts, nine mtrks shall be given./or higher jtostgraduote quolifictrtintts, six nrurhs .fbr nrctlium levcl qurtli/it:trtitttrs anrl lhrec nurhs fir ntinor rliplonu subiu I l0 0 nrusintun, of .fi/ieen nnrks.

7.'l'\rc nurrks.fbr c4nriance sht l hc fbr cxpaticttcr: in lhe !ine ot lh( r te ofthree nrurks per yaor subiul lo o nMximunt of .fifle en morks.

8- Tb,ent! nturks ure resarvtl .fir inlt:rt'it'w' /1 ttrntlkkfte securing less tfutn 60'% nurks in the inlcrviet sht ! be dcemetl lo htva.failatl."

As pcr abovc critcria thc marks awardcd to thc pctitioncr and rcspondcnt No.7 arc nlcntioncd bclow in thc lirllowing tablcs

l)r. Kha lid Kh:ttt l)ctilioucr

lJ;!tillcllorl .\ddl: Qualilicllioir lr\perrcttcc lrl trv ia\\' t A (: adcnt ic

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l)r. liahce m-ul-llaq. rcsnondcnt No.7

.Acaclcrr ic l)islirrcli()n Addl: Qualilication lixpcricncc lnlelvic*' I olal '),t it I6.'10 l8 '10

'l'hc irrtcrvicrvs tl1'thc candidatcs wcrc conducLcd b)' thc Sclcction Committcc comprising o1' (lvc r.ncrnbcrs i. cr I)can, Mcdical I)ircclor, S Lrb.icct Spccialist, I)ircctor liinancc and I)cputy I)ilcctor Adrr-rir-risl.ration. I'hc rnarks awardccl b1' thc said (lonrr-r-rittcc lo thc pctitioncr. rcspondcnts No 7 and 8, u,ho appcarccl bclorc it arc bcirrg tlcnlioncd irr tlrc lirllowing tablc:-

AWAIU) l.ls I ol'j ASSIS',IAN',I Pllol'lissoR tJl{ol,o(;Y Mllll l IN(; I I t,l .l) ON 02.01.2016

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lJr.. \: I i,Srl l0 li ha iilr I Ahscrl 0 0.0( ) t{l I I)r t0 Muhatnltad

'l'hc ovct'all marks awardcd to thc pctitioncr colrcs to .15.60. rcsporldcnl No'7 l)r' l;ahccnr-r.rl-l laq its 48.40 and rcspondcnt No.tl, I)r. Nauman Khan' as

.17.20 in lhc said intcrvicw, which clcarly sl.rows that thc plcscnt pctitioncr is bclow in rncrit liom both thc rcspondcnt No.7 and rcspondcnt No.[3. Lcarncd counscl lbr thc pctitioncl dLrring tlrc coul'sc o1' argumcnts has raiscd scrious objcction on thc arvartl ol'inLclvicrv marl<s kr thc pctitioncl by stating thal thc sclcction cotnmittcc has not awardccl propcr rrarks to thc pclitioncr. I lowcvcr, whilc goin-0.

tlrlougl.r thc availablc rccord, this (lorrl1 liruncl that thc pctilioncr I'ras bccn propcrly dcalt with by thc sclcction cotnrritlcc in accordancc with thc sclcctiorr critcria lbr IIS-17 and abovc. 'l'hus, thc rcsponcict.tts havc lirllowcd thc critcl'ia mcant lbr sclcctior-r ol' canclidatcs {irr thc post in qucstion.'l'hc rcspondcnts havc con,nrittccl no il lcga tit,v ot- irrc,eularity llt au,arcling t.trarl<s as pcr critcria ibicl. l'hcrclbrc, orr thc basis ol' mcrc allcgation, thc t:rrtirc sclcctiorr proccss, u,il-hout cogcnl and t'casorlablc grounds, carrnot bc clcclarcd illcgal, a:i b.,, norv it i:l lvcll scrtlccl that tnarks awardccl b,v lhc sclcctiort coururitLcc alc n()t opcn to intcr t'crcttr':c by tlris OoLtt-t in its constitr-rtional jurisdiction l{cliancc ir-r rl-ris

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rcgard js p laccd on 2000 SCMR 996 2014 scMtt I 57 und 2015 SCMR I 12.

1 Accordingly, lbr thc rcasons rrcntioncd hcrcinabovc, thc prcscnt writ pctition bcing bcrcli ol' rr-icrits is hcrcby d ism isscd

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