LARKANA, Dec 11: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana, on Thursday asked the Deputy Attorney General to file comments in connection with a petition.
The constitutional petition was filed by Nisar Ahmad Noonari, senior revenue officer, PTCL, Larkana.
Deputy Attorney General Abdul Fatah Malik represented the federation and Larkana PTCL divisional engineer Gulzar Soomro appeared on behalf of the PTCL.
The bench comprised Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Ali Aslam Jafri.
Mr Noonari stated in the petition that he had applied for the post of director, budget and payments, and appeared before the selection committee on March 3 along with five other applicants.
Three committees had been constituted for Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
The petitioner said the committees aggregated the merit. He observed that the merit could only be aggregated when there was one selection committee.
He said 11 of the 20 posts were filled up to July 29 and no candidates from Sindh and Balochistan were selected.
He said the committees had violated the quota system.
The petitioner prayed the court to declare the procedure adopted by the respondents illegal.
He further prayed the court to direct the respondents to prepare a fresh list on the basis of interviews conducted by each committee and observe the provincial quota.
The petition will come up for hearing on Jan 15.
SHC: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana, on Thursday on a petition asked the Deputy Attorney General to ensure the presence of the general manager, Southern Telecommunication Region-V, PTCL, on Dec 18.
The constitutional petition was filed by Shahida Parveen, the widow of Zahid Hussain Pirzado.
The STR-V general manager did not appear before the court on Thursday despite a notice had been served on him on Dec 4.
The bench said contempt of court proceedings would be initiated against the PTCL officer if he did not appear.
The petitioner said her husband, an engineering supervisor, had expired during his service on Nov 7.
She said despite repeated requests and submitting applications for payment of dues, the STR-V general manager had not made the payments.
She said the federal ombudsman had also directed the officer for the payment but to no avail.
The woman prayed the court to direct the respondent to pay her the dues and pension.
RECOVERED: The Larkana police on Thursday recovered wires and other material stolen from the Nasirabad grid station on Dec 8.
The police impounded a truck (SI 4314) and arrested Ashique Shaikh, who deals in used material.
The police registered a case against the accused.