KP govt put on notice in executive allowance case

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in a writ petition challenging sanctioning of executive allowance to grade 17 and above to PAS, PCS and PMS officers working against scheduled posts of establishment and administration departments with initial basic pay plus one and half month initial pay.

A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Muhammad Younas Thaheem issued notice in a writ petition filed by a Peshawar-based lawyer Gul Rehman Mohmand.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government through chief secretary, secretary Establishment and Accountant General KP were made parties in the petition. The lawyer has challenged the KP government notification for sanctioning executive allowance to the officers issued on February 2, 2018.

It was submitted that the BPS-17 and above of PAS, PCS and PMS officers are now getting a huge salary while in others sectors including police, education, health and administration departments are drawing a meager salary, whereas the officers are getting much more facilities from other departments mentioned above.