MUHAMMAD ISHAQUE and others s vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others
This matter arises from a petition for leave to appeal filed by employees of the National Logistic Cell seeking to invoke the jurisdiction of the Federal Service Tribunal. The core legal question is whether employees of the National Logistic Cell are entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of the Federal Service Tribunal, considering whether the National Logistic Cell is an entity established and operated by the Federal Government. The court granted leave to appeal, holding prima facie that the Federal Service Tribunal failed to take into account the governmental status of the National Logistic Cell in determining its jurisdiction. The key principle laid down is that entities established and operated by the Federal Government bring their employees within the purview of the service tribunal's jurisdiction.
- Whether employees of the National Logistic Cell are entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of the Federal Service Tribunal?
- Is the National Logistic Cell an entity established and operated by the Federal Government?
ORDER
1. The petitioners have made submissions in person. It does prima facie, appear that the learned Federal Service Tribunal did not take into account the fact that the National Logistic Cell ('NLC') was very much an entity established and operated by the Federal Government and, therefore, the petitioners, who were employees of NLC, were entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of the Federal Service Tribunal.
2. ' Leave to appeal is, therefore, granted in these cases to consider the above matter.