The government has abolished the facility to offer employment to a family member of a government employee who passes away during the service reported Express News.
The establishment department has issued formal instructions to all ministries and departments to implement the Supreme Court’s decision on this case.
According to the notification issued by the establishment department, this facility has been withdrawn in accordance with the Supreme Court’s decision dated October 18, 2024. The decision comes into force from the date of the Supreme Court’s decision.
However, family members of deceased employees will still be eligible for other benefits under the Prime Minister’s aid package.
The memorandum clarifies that the decision will not apply to families to law enforcement staff losing their lives in terrorist attacks. In addition, agreements made before the Supreme Court’s decision will not be affected by this decision.
Following this government decision, all ministries and departments have been asked to enforce the new policy.
Last year, the Supreme Court gave up to dismantle the government’s job quota scheme for family members to officials and declared that it became discriminatory and constitutional.
Under the scheme, a widow, widower, spouse or child of a deceased or medically retired employee was appointed a government position without the need for open competition or credit -based selection.
In its decision, the court noted that the scheme was specifically discriminatory against low -quality employees and their families. “These jobs are neither and can be made hereditary,” the order said.
The 11-page judgment, author of Justice Naeem Akhtar-Afghan, emphasized that employment in the public sector could not be “appointed to the state’s officials” as it would undermine the principles of justice and equality. The Constitution ordered that equal employment and financial opportunities must be given to all citizens.
The court also explained that any policy or law that opposed constitutional principles was subject to legal review. “Any law, politics or rule was subject to judicial review if it was obviously incompatible with the constitutional commands, retrogressive in nature and discriminatory interesting citizens,” the order said.
That decision turned down earlier orders and declared that the appointment of widow, widower, spouse or child of an official – who had died during the service or became permanently disabled – under this quota arrangement was “discriminatory and ultra -vires to Articles 3, 4, 4, 5 (2), 18, 25 (1) and 27 in the Constitution.
However, the court stated that the decision did not affect agreements already made under the hereditary quota for current employees.
The federal and provincial authorities were asked to withdraw these laws and adapt them with the constitutional framework.
