certain Secretariat employees leaving others (Service Matter)
- Whether discriminatory based on no reasonable classification and is violative of fundamental Right No.15. The counsel for the appellant could not persuade the Court as to why the respondents-petitioners were no granted the allowance in question while it was allowed to the employees of the Secretariats mentioned in the aforesaid notification — The classification made does not appeal to reason, therefore, held arbitrary —also held that the respondents-petitioners were discriminated against in violation of fundamental right No.15 guaranteed by the Interim Constitution Act. Azad Government and another v. Abdul Kabir Qureshi and others 1994 SCR 402 (G)
- The impugned notification does not indicate as to why the employees of Civil Secretariat, President’s Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Secretariat and the AJK Legislative Assembly Secretariat have been given preference over the respondents, who have to perform, if not more, at least equally onerous duties as civil servants. Held: There appears to be no rationale whatsoever to give a preferential treatment to the employees of the Secretariat; Further held: The classification made cannot be regarded as reasonable. Azad Govt. v. Abdul Kabir Qureshi 1994 SCR 402 (H)