Wing Cdr. (Retd.) ABDUL MUJEEB vs PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Establishment Division, Islamabad and others

This matter involves a petition for leave to appeal before the Supreme Court of Pakistan against an order of the Federal Service Tribunal concerning the petitioner's service rights. The core legal question raised is whether the Federal Service Tribunal erred in law by refusing to grant the petitioner promotion on an acting charge basis despite his eligibility for regular promotion, where he was superseded solely due to a lack of the required length of service. The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal to examine and adjudicate upon the correctness of the Federal Service Tribunal's decision regarding eligibility and promotion on an acting charge basis under such circumstances. The key principle laid down at this interlocutory stage is that the Supreme Court will grant leave to appeal to examine the lawfulness of service tribunal orders that deny acting charge promotion to otherwise eligible civil servants on the ground of deficiency in length of service.