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Service Seniority in Pakistan
Compare Pakistani decisions about settled seniority, cadre changes, contract service, training batches and delayed notifications. Read the applicable service rules and the employee history identified in each case.
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Supreme Court Bars Reopening Settled Railways Seniority
Syeda Maryam Gillani and another v. Agha Waseem Ahmed and others · CPLA Nos. 5035, 5414, 5415, 5416, 5417 and 5755 of 2025 · Approved for reporting; reported citation not verified
In Maryam Gillani, the Supreme Court protects settled Railways seniority and confines future use of the 1990 probation rules to fresh induction with notice.
New Service Rules Cannot Retrospectively Disturb Settled Seniority
Chairman Water and Power Development Authority, WAPDA, Lahore v Ijaz Ali Gul and others · Civil Petitions for Leave to Appeal Nos. 4818 to 4842 of 2024 · Approved for reporting; reported citation not stated in the supplied judgment
The Supreme Court of Pakistan held that WAPDA's 2018 service rules could operate prospectively but could not unsettle seniority and promotion rights already accrued under the previous regime.
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Pay Upgradation Does Not Change Cadre or Seniority: FCC in KP Textbook Board Case
Chairman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Text Book Board, Peshawar and another v. Musadiq Ali Bangash and others · C.A. Nos. 537 & 538 of 2021; C.M.A. 108-P/2021; C.P.L.A. 6615/2021 · Approved for reporting; no reporter or neutral citation printed in the supplied judgment
FCC allowed the KP Textbook Board’s appeal: BS-14 upgradation did not place a Storekeeper in the Assistants’ cadre or confer seniority there.
Supreme Court: Even Disputed Seniority Cannot Be Changed Without a Hearing
In SIP Mukhtiyar Ali Thebo, the Supreme Court of Pakistan recalled its earlier order and required a hearing before a reasoned decision on disputed Sindh Police seniority.
Supreme Court: CTP Repeater Cannot Claim Seniority With Original Batch
Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Establishment Division v Kamran Khan · Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 670 of 2024 · Approved for reporting; reported citation not stated in the supplied judgment
In Federation of Pakistan v Kamran Khan, the Supreme Court held that a probationer who repeats and passes a later Common Training Programme takes seniority with the successful batch, not the original batch.
FCC Rules Contract Service Cannot Count Toward Seniority Without Express Legal Authority
Muhammad Qutub-ud-Din and others v Province of Sindh through Chief Secretary, Government Sindh and others · Civil Appeal No. 103-K/2024 · Approved for reporting; reported citation not stated in the supplied judgment
The Federal Constitutional Court held that contract service cannot count for seniority without express law and ordered SESSI to issue a revised seniority list.
Supreme Court: Government Delay in Gazette Publication Cannot Defeat Employee Seniority
Sahibzada Hassan Ali and others v. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through Chief Secretary, Peshawar and others · Civil Petitions Nos. 5091 to 5093 of 2025 and Civil Petitions Nos. 986-P to 988-P of 2025 · Approved for reporting; reported citation not assigned in the supplied judgment
The Supreme Court restored employees' seniority, holding that a six-year Gazette delay caused by the government could not defeat statutory regularization from 7 March 2018.