ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday set aside the decision to change the cadre of IT police personnel in Sindh and ordered keeping the employees recruited in the IT Department in the police cadre and promoting them on their turn.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and comprising Justice Musarat Hilali and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan accepted the appeal of 113 uniformed assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs).
The cops had challenged the decision of the Police Department, making them non-uniform employees after they served for 20 years in the Police IT Department and the Sindh High Court verdict declaring the IT cadre in police illegal.
The court directed that the employees recruited in the IT Department be kept in police and given promotion on their turn and disposed of the instant appeals.
During the course of hearing, the counsel for one the affected employees, Tahir Khan Chandio, informed the court that in 2004, his client was recruited as assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in the IT Department but after serving for 20 years in various police stations, the decision was taken to make him a non-uniform employee. The counsel submitted that his client approached the Sindh High Court, but it declared the IT cadre in police illegal. The counsel for the Sindh government told the court that other employees were also affected by the decision of the Sindh High Court.
Justice Rizvi remarked that the employees affected by the SHC decision had mostly worked in police stations and had the experience of working like ordinary police officers. He observed that changing the cadre after 20 years of service and making them non-uniform employees would be a loss.
On a court query, the counsel for Sindh police submitted that these employees were being transferred to the Technical and Transport Department. The counsel for the affected employees told the court that they gave their lives by working in police stations, adding that despite their sacrifices, their cadre was changed and those recruited 20 years ago had been promoted to the rank of inspectors. The counsel contended that changing their cadre after 20 years of service was not fair and a severe injustice as well.
During the hearing, a relevant DIG of the Sindh Police told the court that there were only three cadres in police Executive, T&T and Legal. Justice Hilali observed that due to these decisions, neither police were able to handle their own organization nor the province.
The court, after hearing arguments, set aside the decision of the Sindh High Court and ordered that the employees be kept in police and promoted.
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