ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday reserved verdict regarding appointments on the posts of registrar and demonstrator at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Ghulam Azam Qambrani conducted hearing of the petition filed by Dr Safiullah Baloch, and reserved the judgment, after hearing the arguments of both the counsels.
However, the IHC bench maintained its stay orders against the appointments on the post of registrar and demonstrator at the PIMS till the announcement of the verdict. During the hearing, Barrister Shoaib Razzaq represented the administration of the PIMS and adopted that no advertisement was issued for the post of registrar.
He added that the court's stay orders had halted the whole process of the appointments. Petitioner Safiullah's counsel stated that no post was mentioned in the advertisement, and the PIMS' administration issued a call letter to the petitioner's juniors for the interviews.
He also argued that the legal requirements were not fulfilled in the appointments of posts of the PIMS. In this matter, Safiullah moved the petition through his counsel, Chaudhary Amjad Ali Advocate and cited VC and registrar of the university as respondents.
The petitioner told the court that he applied for the posts of demonstrator (BS-17) and registrar (BS-17) on Sindh (Rural) quota. He mentioned that the respondents had issued call letters for interview to the other candidates except the petitioner against the said posts, who had lesser qualification and experience than the petitioner.
The petitioner's counsel argued that the said act of the respondents was illegal, without lawful authority, favouritism, nepotism, on the basis of pick and choose policy, whimsical and against the fundamental rights of the petitioner.
He alleged that there were some 'hidden hands', who wanted to appoint someone of their own choice by depriving him. He added that the petitioner fulfilled the requisite criteria and experience for the said posts, and had legitimate right to be considered for the said posts.
Therefore, he prayed before the court to direct the respondents to consider the petitioner being a suitable candidate having a requisite qualification and criteria for the above mentioned posts. He requested the court to direct the respondents to issue a call letter for an interview. He also requested the court to direct the respondents not to process further the selection process of the above-mentioned posts without including his name.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020