PHC declares removal of govt varsities’ employees illegal
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered reinstatement of public universities’ employees terminated under the law enacted by the provincial government for removing employees appointed during the last caretaker government. A bench consisting of Justice Naeem Anwar and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel accepted around a dozen petitions filed by employees from different public universities, who…
Peshawar High Court ordered reinstatement of public university staff dismissed under the provincial government's law aimed at removing employees appointed during the last caretaker administration. The bench ruled that the employees' appointments, made during the caretaker period, were not made by the caretaker government but through the universities' own selection boards, with the universities owning academic, administrative and financial autonomy.
The court dismissed the provincial government's argument that the appointments were made in contravention of Section 230 of the Elections Act, 2017.
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