The government has abolished the installation of offering a family member of a government employee who dies during the service, said Express News.
The establishment division has issued formal instructions to all ministries and divisions to implement the decision of the Supreme Court with respect to this matter.
According to the notification issued by the establishment division, this installation has been withdrawn in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court dated October 18, 2024. The decision will enter into force as of the date of the ruling of the Supreme Court.
However, the members of the family of deceased employees will continue to be eligible for other benefits under the attendance package of the Prime Minister.
The memorandum clarifies that the decision will not apply to the families of the law personnel who lose their lives in terrorist attacks. In addition, the appointments made before the Supreme Court decision will not be affected by this ruling.
After this government’s decision, all ministries and divisions have received instructions to strictly enforce the new policy.
Last year, the Supreme Court failed to dismantle the government’s work quotas scheme for family members of public officials, decriminating and unconstitutional.
According to the scheme, a widow, widow, spouse or son of a medically deceased or retired employee was appointed for a government position without the need for open competition or merit -based selection.
In its ruling, the court indicated that the scheme was specifically discriminatory against low -grade employees and their families. “These works are not and cannot be done hereditary,” the order said.
The 11 -page judgment, written by Judge Naeem Akhtar Afghan, emphasized that employment in the public sector could not be “distributed for state officials”, since it would undermine the principles of equity and equality. The Constitution demanded that equality of employment and economic opportunities must be provided to all citizens.
The Court also explained that any policy or law that contradicted constitutional principles was subject to judicial review. “Any law, political or rule was subject to a judicial review if it was manifestly inconsistent with the constitutional commands, of a retrustive and interviminatory nature, the citizens,” said the order.
The ruling rejected previous orders, declaring that appointing a widow, widow, spouse or son of an official, who had died during the service or having permanently disabled, under this quota scheme it was “discriminatory and ultra vires at articles 3, 4 , 5 (2), 18, 25 (1) and 27 of the Constitution “.
However, the court clarified that the decision did not affect the appointments already taken under the hereditary fee for current employees.
Federal and provincial authorities received instructions to withdraw these laws, aligning them with the constitutional framework.
