MUZAFFARABAD
\nWhile removing suspension order of more than 50 daily wagers of Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan, the AJK High Court has decided to adjudicate the plea seeking Corporation employees\u2019 service regularization.
\nThe Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USCP) is a state-owned enterprise\u2013operates chain stores throughout the country that provide basic commodities to the general public at prices which are lower than the open market because the government subsidizes them whereas it has operation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
\nFiling petition on behalf of his clients, Barrister Syed Abdul Basit Gillani has urged the court to determine legality of the USCP orders saying instead of regularization of these daily wage employees services, the Corporation has issued removal from services orders.
\nAppearing before single-member bench of the Justice Shahid Bahar, advocates Syed Abdul Basit Gillani and Syed Mazher Azad Gillani argued saying the National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on Industries and Production in 2017, had issued directives to the USCP to regularize their services after scrutiny and verification at the Zonal Office. Barrister Gillani apprised the court that none of the petitioners was regularized. Instead, they were removed from their services.
\nAfter brief hearing of the arguments, Justice Shahid Bahar of the AJK High Court suspended relieving orders of the petitioners and directed the USCP to restrain from removing any of its daily wage employees. Declaring the employees\u2019 removal orders null and void, the court ruled that \u201cas per the stance of the petitioners, the said orders are liable to set-at-naught.\u201d
\nLater, the court adjourned the case till April 14,2025. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MUZAFFARABAD While removing suspension order of more than 50 daily wagers of Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan, the AJK High Court has decided to adjudicate the plea seeking Corporation employees\u2019 service regularization. The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USCP) is a state-owned enterprise\u2013operates chain stores throughout the country that provide basic commodities to the general […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-468717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n