Islamabad High Court Orders Restoration of Salaries for Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority Employees

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The Islamabad High Court intervened in a case regarding the dismissal of employees of the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NPHDA), instructing the authority to restore their salaries and for its policy board to submit a decision on the institution's dissolution. The court questioned the legality of the orders dismissing the employees, seeking clarification on why policy decisions were not taken through the authority's policy board. This action has significant implications for the approximately 100 employees dismissed by the authority's acting chairman.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Islamabad High Court instructed the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NPHDA) to restore the salaries of its employees.
  • The court asked the authority's policy board to submit its decision regarding the dissolution of the institution.
  • The legality of the orders dismissing the employees was questioned, with the court inquiring why policy decisions were not taken through the authority's policy board.
  • Petitioner's lawyer Muhammad Ramzan Khan Advocate argued that the employees were posted on regular sanctioned posts and had performed duties for five years without any policy decision being made regarding their dismissal.
  • The acting chairman dismissed the employees without listening to them and without following the service rules, as per the petitioner.
  • The Cabinet Division, in its reply to the court, clarified that it had no role in the process of dismissing the employees.
  • The NPHDA operates on a non-development budget, employing approximately 100 staff members whose salaries are now to be restored.

Statistics:

  • Approximately 100 employees of the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NPHDA) were dismissed by the authority's acting chairman.
  • The dismissed employees have been working on regular sanctioned posts for the last five years.
  • The NPHDA operates on a non-development budget.

Sources:

  • Pakistan Today (IHC directs NPHA to restore salaries of employees files case)
  • The Nation (Islamabad High Court restores salaries of Authority's employees)