KP police administrative staff not entitled to risk allowance, rules FCC
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ruled on Wednesday that the administrative staff of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police were not entitled to risk allowance. The judgement was issued by a two-member bench headed by Justice Aamer Farooq and including Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah. In its ruling, the bench set aside an April 10, 2025 order of the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) Mingora…
The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) of Pakistan ruled on Wednesday that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police administrative staff are not entitled to a risk allowance. A two-member bench, led by Justice Aamer Farooq and joined by Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, overturned an April 10, 2025 high court order that had granted the allowance to the police force's administrative/ministerial staff.
The ruling emphasized a clear distinction between uniformed police personnel, who perform active and hazardous duties, and administrative/ministerial staff, who work within the same department under the KP Police Act, 2017, and the KP Police Department Ministerial Service Rules, 1974. The FCC acknowledged that while equality is guaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution, it does not necessitate treating dissimilar classes alike.
The court found that administrative/ministerial staff were subject to their own rules governing terms and conditions of service, including recruitment, eligibility, and service composition. The FCC stated that ministerial staff were not expected to perform active police service, and thus, the allowance, which is granted based on the nature, character, and hazards of a particular duty, cannot be automatically claimed by every employee serving in the same department.
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