IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH

AT LARKANA

Present:

Shamsuddin Abbasi, J.

Agha Faisal, J.

C.P D-1159 of 2011             :           Abdul Jabbar Shaikh and others vs.

E.D.O (Education) Shikarpur and others.

For the Petitioners               :           Mr. Nisar Ahmed G. Abro, Advocate

For the Respondents          :           Mr. Abdul Hamid Bhurgri, Additional

Advocate General, Sindh.

Date of hearing                    :           23.04.2024

Date of Order                        :           23.04.2024

ORDER

Agha Faisal, J.         The petitioners claim to have been appointed as junior school teachers in 2007, however, filed this petition in 2011 seeking release of salaries. At the very outset, the learned counsel was confronted with the issue of laches and he remained unable to satisfy the Court in such regard[1].

            The respondents have filed a reply stating that that the documents relied upon by the petitioners are fake, forged and fabricated and that they were never employed in the first place. Be that as it may, it is imperative to denote that writ jurisdiction of this Court is not amenable for resolution of disputed questions of fact, requiring inquiry, evidence etc[2].

            In view hereof, this petition is found to be misconceived, hence, dismissed.

                                                                    Judge

Judge

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[1] Reliance is placed on the Judgment dated 01.04.2015 of the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan in Civil Petition No.186-K of 2013 (Muhammad Arif and others v/s. Province of Sindh through Chief Secretary and others), whereby the claims of similar placed petitioners was rejected inter alia on the ground of laches.

[2] 2016 CLC 1; 2015 PLC 45; 2015 CLD 257; 2011 SCMR 1990; 2001 SCMR 574; PLD 2001 Supreme Court 415.