IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH

CIRCUIT COURT LARKANA

Present:

Shamsuddin Abbasi,J.

Agha Faisal, J.

C.P.No.D-483/2020             :           Syed Shafqat Ali Shah       Vs.

Managing Director SSGC & others.

For the Petitioner/s:             :           M/s. Syed Fida Hussain Shah and Mumtaz Ali Brohi, Advocates.

For the Respondent/s         :           Mr. Amar Saleem Butt, Deputy Chief

                                                            Manager (Legal Services), SSGC, Head Office, Karachi and Mr. Mehboob Hussain Shaikh, Deputy Manager, Legal, SSGC, Larkana.

For Federation                      :           Mr. Oshaq Ali Sangi, Assistant Attorney General for Pakistan.

Date/s of hearing                 :           30.04.2024.

Date of announcement      :           30.04.2024.

ORDER

Agha Faisal, J.         The petitioner, claiming to have been engaged for contingent services at some time in the past, has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court seeking regularization of service in Sui Southern Gas Company Limited.

This issue has recently been determined by a Full Bench of this Court in judgment dated 22^nd April 2024 in Muhammad Arif vs. Federation of Pakistan & Others (CP D 875 of 2020) and connected matters (“Muhammad Arif”).

            The judgment in Muhammad Arif is squarely applicable in the facts and circumstances herein, therefore, in mutatis mutandis application of the binding ratio so determined this petition is hereby dismissed.

                                                                                    Judge

Judge