of ex-cadre officers against the cadre posts of occupational groups/services.”
“The same judgment applies to the Office Management Group (OMG) by all definitions and comprehensions,” says the petition.
“Moreover, as per OMG Constitution of 1975, there is no provision of change of cadre of ex-cadre deputationist Section Officers or their induction in OMG. However, a quota of 10% of its total seats is meant for deputation of cadre officers (CSS, PCS, Ex-PCS, PSS, and PMS) of federal and provincial governments purely to fill vacancies when there is no recruitment through CSS. Since recruitment through CSS is continuing so no point of posting of such deputations as well,” the petition argues.
They pleaded that after Supreme Court of Pakistan’s judgment and Establishment Division’s memoranda, posting-by-transfer against 10% of OMG seats stands null & void, obsolete and repealed.
The apex court in its judgment in review petition CRP 193/2013 announced on 5-1-2013: “Any appointment by transfer under Rule 9(1) has to be for a fixed term, and, on completion of such term, the Civil Servant has to join back his parent department. The word “appointment” used in the Rule 6(A) cannot be equated with the word ‘initial appointment’ used in the Act which excludes appointment by transfer and promotion,” the apex court order had stated.
The OMG officers are of the view that the elaboration by the apex court of 10% quota in OMG constitution is sufficient evidence that this was never meant for absorption, rather a tenure posting for other cadres to serve on OMG posts to gain expertise in secretariat working.
They also quoted Occupational Groups (Probation, Training, Seniority) rules 1990 which state: “Occupational Group or Service’ means any groups or service recruitment to which is made through the competitive examination conducted by the Commission from time to against BPS-17 posts under the Federal Government or any occupational group or service transfer to which is made from the Armed Forces by induction“.
Hence there can’t be any appointment in OMG except through competitive examination, which has been reaffirmed by the apex court in Crl. Org. 89 of 2011 and its review petition CRP 193/2013.
“However, as a result of wrong interpretation of this 10 % quota provision, a number of ex-cadre officers were inducted against the cadre posts of the OMG in the past. However, these inductee officers were required to be repatriated to their parent organisations in the light of above referred judgment and Establishment Division (D&L Wing) office memoranda; but the implementation process is at halt in Establishment Division due to certain “unknown reasons,” said the OMG officer’s petition signed by Ayaz Sarfraz, president of Officers of OMG Association.