Gilgit, Sept 22: A division bench of the Appellate Court of Northern Areas on Monday directed the Karakoram International University administration to follow rules in recruitment.It declared null and void appointment of those candidates who failed to qualify in the respective subjects but were appointed/adjusted on the strength of qualifying in other subjects in violation of rules.Accepting a petition of those candidates who were declared unsuccessful for appointments of lecturers, a twomember bench of the Appellate Court bench, headed by Chief Judge Ehsanullah Qureshi, observed that the KIU administration has violated the rules in the selection of candidates against the posts of lecturers in various disciplines.
The bench directed the KIU administration that the candidates who as per test conducted by the Bahria University qualified in the respective subjects and also stood qualified in aggregate marks not less that 40 per cent provided they come in order of merit e.g. three persons against one seat, shall be appointed against vacancies existing at the time of advertisement.
Those appointed in spite of being third divisioners in their entire career shall not be included in such criteria, the court said.
The court also directed the KIU administration to consider and appoint those contractual employees who got jobs in different disciplines after going through the process of test/interview.
The court said: “The selection process as envisaged has not gone through the golden scale of transparency and justice which should be the only criteria in a mother institution like KIU”.
The court observed, “during the investigation of the matter threadbare and having heard the respective counsels, it would have declared the entire process of recruitment null and void, but keeping in view the overall minus impact on imparting smooth education in the university and particularly in the interest of the stu dents the court has avoided to pass such an order”.
But at the same time, the court observed that it was expected from the administration of the KIU not to repeat the bitter experience.
The bench said any institution or authority vested with discretionary power may not exercise them arbitrarily subservient to any personal interest but should exercise it justly and under the norms appreciable by a civilised society.
The KIU selection merit list had candidates who had failed in their relevant subjects but were shown successful. The court also examined this matter and directed the authorities of KIU that weightage shall also be given to the relevant subjects in future because the material thing for appointment was the subject against which the candidate has to be considered. Haji Mirza Ali and Mohammad Issa appeared on behalf of the petitioners while Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Syed Jaffar Hussain represented the respondents.
gilgit, sept 22: a division bench of the appellate court of northern areas on monday direc- ted the karakoram international university administration to fol- low rules in recruitment. it declared null and void ap- pointment of those candidates who failed to qualify in the re- spective subjects but were ap- pointed/adjusted on the strength of qualifying in other subjects in violation of rules.accepting a pe- tition of those candidates who were declared unsuccessful for appointments of lecturers, a two- member bench of the appellate court bench, headed by chief judge ehsanullah qureshi, ob- served that the kiu administra- tion has violated the rules in the selection of candidates against the posts of lecturers in various disciplines. the bench directed the kiu ad- ministration that the candidates who as per test conducted by the bahria university qualified in the respective subjects and also stood qualified in aggregate marks not less that 40 per cent provided they come in order of merit e.g. three persons against one seat, shall be appointed against vacan- cies existing at the time of adver- tisement. those appointed in spite of be- ing third divisioners in their en- tire career shall not be included in such criteria, the court said. the court also directed the kiu administration to consider and appoint those contractual employ- ees who got jobs in different disci- plines after going through the process of test/interview. the court said: “the selection process as envisaged has not gone through the golden scale of trans- parency and justice which should be the only criteria in a mother in- stitution like kiu”. the court observed, “during the investigation of the matter threadbare and having heard the respective counsels, it would have declared the entire process of re- cruitment null and void, but keep- ing in view the overall minus im- pact on imparting smooth educa- tion in the university and particu- larly in the interest of the stu- dents the court has avoided to pass such an order”. but at the same time, the court observed that it was expected from the administration of the kiu not to repeat the bitter expe- rience. the bench said any institution or authority vested with discretion- ary power may not exercise them arbitrarily subservient to any per- sonal interest but should exercise it justly and under the norms ap- preciable by a civilised society. the kiu selection merit list had candidates who had failed in their relevant subjects but were shown successful. the court also examined this matter and direc- ted the authorities of kiu that weightage shall also be given to the relevant subjects in future be- cause the material thing for ap- pointment was the subject against which the candidate has to be considered. haji mirza ali and mohammad issa appeared on behalf of the petitioners while syed nayyar hussain bukhari and syed jaffar hussain repre- sented the respondents.
Courtesy: Dawn
