IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
MR. JUSTICE UMAR ATA BANDIAL 
MR. JUSTICE FAISAL ARAB 
MR. JUSTICE MUNIB AKHTAR  
  
 
Civil Appeal Nos. 675 of 2019 to 988 of 2019 
(On appeal from the judgment/order dated 30.08.2018 of the 
Federal Service Tribunal, Islamabad passed in Appeals No. 336 
to 386, 404 to 405, 1084 to 1198®CS/2018, 4428 to 
4500®CS/2017, 23 to 67(P)CS/2018,259 to 263®CS/2018, 
1523 to 1545®CS/2018)   
 
 
 
in CA.675 of 2019 
Senior 
General 
Manager/CEO, 
Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Asif Ali  
 
in CA.676 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Hifazat Ellahi 
 
in CA.677 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Shafique 
 
in CA.678 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Khalid Zubair 
 
in CA.679 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ali Asghar 
 
in CA.680 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Fayyaz Muhammad  
 
in CA.681 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Qadeer 
 
in CA.682 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Tariq 
 
in CA.683 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Wasi ur Rehman 
 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
2 
in CA.684 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Tariq 
 
in CA.685 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Bashir Ahmed 
 
in CA.686 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
M. Abid Qureshi 
 
in CA.687 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Rehman 
 
In CA.688 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ali Khan 
 
In CA.689 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ziauddin 
 
In CA.690 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shakeel Ahmed 
 
in CA.691 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Aziz Ahmed  
 
in CA.692 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ejaz Muhammad   
 
in CA.693 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Tanseer  
 
In CA.694 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rasool Bux 
 
in CA.695 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Siddiq  
 
in CA.696 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Zubair 
 
in CA.697 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
3 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Zulfiqar 
 
In CA.698 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Nadir  
 
in CA.699 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Sajjad  
 
in CA.700 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Luqman 
 
in CA.701 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Sami ul Haq 
 
In CA.702 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Naveed Sarwar 
 
in CA.703 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Aurang Zeb  
 
in CA.704 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rahat Hussain  
 
in CA.705 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Matloob Hussain 
 
In CA.706 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Syed Nizamuddin 
 
in CA.707 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Manzoor Ali 
 
in CA.708 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Aqeel Anwar  
 
in CA.709 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Fayyaz Muhammad  
 
In CA.710 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
4 
Abid Ali  
 
in CA.711 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shakeel Ahmed 
 
in CA.712 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rahmatullah  
 
in CA.713 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Kamran 
 
In CA.714 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Hafeez 
 
In CA.715 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Qamar Ahmed 
 
In CA.716 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ghulam Mustafa 
 
In CA.717 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another 
vs.Amir Ahmed  
 
In CA.718 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Jaaro Khan 
 
In CA.719 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Ashraf 
 
In CA.720 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Niaz Hussain 
 
In CA.721 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Mumtaz Ali 
 
In CA.722 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Usman Ali 
 
In CA.723 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Saleem  
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
5 
 
In CA.724 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Dargahi 
 
In CA.725 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Aftab  
 
In CA.726 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Naseem Muhammad  
 
In CA.727 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Ali Nawaz 
 
In CA.728 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Syed Muhammad Azhar ul Hassan 
 
In CA.729 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Tariq Aziz  
 
In CA.730 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rashid Minhas  
 
In CA.731 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Javed Iqbal 
 
In CA.732 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Wazir Ahmed 
 
In CA.733 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Iqbal   
 
In CA.734 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Abdul Aziz 
 
In CA.735 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shams Pervaiz  
 
In CA.736 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Saleem   
 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
6 
In CA.737 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Abdul Hameed 
 
In CA.738 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Fatah 
 
In CA.739 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Azam 
 
In CA.740 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Tahir Hussain 
 
In CA.741 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Syed Irfan Khalid 
 
In CA.742 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shahid Ali 
 
In CA.743 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ishtiaq Ahmed  
 
In CA.744 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Meraj ud Din Khan 
 
In CA.745 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Fayyaz 
 
In CA.746 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
ameer Bux 
 
In CA.747 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Mubeen 
 
In CA.748 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Safeer Ahmed 
 
In CA.749 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rehmat Khan 
 
In CA.750 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
7 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Habib Muhammad 
 
In CA.751 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Faheem ul Haq  
 
In CA.752 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
zahid ur Rehman  
 
In CA.753 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shaikh Mahtab 
 
In CA.754 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Raza Hussain 
 
In CA.755 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Mustafa Khan 
 
In CA.756 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Kafeel Ahmed 
 
In CA.757 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Wali Muhammad   
 
In CA.758 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Munir Ahmed Khan 
 
In CA.759 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Ghulam Mustafa 
 
In CA.760 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Khan 
 
In CA.761 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Saleem ud Din 
 
In CA.762 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
shafi Muhammad  
 
In CA.763 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
8 
Mansoor Baig 
 
In CA.764 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Dawood Khan 
 
In CA.765 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Shams ul Islam 
 
In CA.766 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Yaseen 
 
In CA.767 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Jameel Ahmed   
 
In CA.768 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Akram   
 
In CA.769 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Hameed Channa 
 
In CA.770 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Qadeer Khan 
 
In CA.771 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Zafar Khan 
 
In CA.772 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Nadeem 
 
In CA.773 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Waseem Ahmed 
 
In CA.774 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Roshan Ali  
 
In CA.775 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Waleed   
 
In CA.776 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Nazeer Ahmed   
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
9 
 
In CA.777 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Imam Ali  
 
In CA.778 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Ayub 
 
In CA.779 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Ghulam Mustafa  
 
In CA.780 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Saleem 
 
In CA.781 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Kashif 
 
In CA.782 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Nawaz 
 
In CA.783 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Rashid 
 
In CA.784 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Arshad Mehmood 
 
In CA.785 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Arshad Mehmood  
 
In CA.786 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Fazal Ahmed 
 
In CA.787 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Arif Khan 
 
In CA.788 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Rauf 
 
In CA.789 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Syed Zaheer ud Din  
 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
10 
In CA.790 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Sharif 
 
In CA.791 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Maqsood Ahmed  
 
In CA.792 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Latif 
 
In CA.793 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Saeed 
 
In CA.794 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Khalil 
 
In CA.795 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ghulam Farid 
 
In CA.796 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rafiq Ahmed  
 
In CA.797 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Ashaque  
 
In CA.798 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shams ud Din  
 
In CA.799 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Jameel Ahmed  
 
In CA.800 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Pervaiz  
 
In CA.801 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Zakir Khan  
 
In CA.802 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shafait Ali 
 
In CA.803 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
11 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Irfan Khan  
 
In CA.804 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Zahid Khan   
 
In CA.805 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Ashraf  
 
In CA.806 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Saeed Khan   
 
In CA.807 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs.  
Muhammad Hameed 
 
In CA.808 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Sabir Khan  
 
In CA.809 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Mehmooda Bano   
 
In CA.810 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shahid Hussain   
 
In CA.811 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Nadeem Ahmed 
 
In CA.812 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Syed Kaleem ud Din   
 
In CA.813 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Saeed Ahmed   
 
In CA.814 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Zaheer Abbas   
 
In CA.815 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Rehmat Ali  
 
In CA.816 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
12 
Muhammad Sharif Khan   
 
In CA.817 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Aslam   
 
In CA.818 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Hayat Ullah   
 
In CA.819 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Sain Bux 
 
In CA.820 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Azhar Ali  
 
In CA.821 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Shamim Akhtar  
 
In CA.822 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Nasir Khan  
 
In CA.823 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Fozia Zafar  
 
In CA.824 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Asif   
 
In CA.825 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Waziran   
 
In CA.826 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Latifan 
 
In CA.827 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Shafi 
 
In CA.828 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Asif   
 
In CA.829 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Kanwal Mehtab  
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
13 
 
In CA.830 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Akhtar Hussain 
 
In CA.831 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Aslam  
 
In CA.832 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Dil Murad 
 
In CA.833 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Naseem   
 
In CA.834 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Mazhar Ali Shah   
 
In CA.835 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Yaqoob 
 
In CA.836 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Hanook Shahzad  
 
In CA.837 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Imtiaz Bibi   
 
In CA.838 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Jahangir  
 
In CA.839 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Salah ud Din  
 
In CA.840 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Ali Anwar  
 
In CA.841 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Abdul Hadi   
 
In CA.842 of 2019 
Senior General Manager/CEO, Pakistan 
Railways Headquarters Lahore & another vs. 
Muhammad Akram 
 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
14 
In CA.843 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Allah Dino  
 
In CA.844 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Maqbool Hussain   
 
In CA.845 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Fida Hussain  
 
In CA.846 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Tufail Ahmed   
 
In CA.847 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Asif  
 
In CA.848 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Siddique    
 
In CA.849 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Ahsan 
 
In CA.850 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Abdul Rasheed   
 
In CA.851 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Iqbal   
 
In CA.852 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ali Akbar   
 
In CA.853 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Noor Muhammad   
 
In CA.854 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Noor Muhammad    
 
In CA.855 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Nisar Ahmed 
 
In CA.856 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ghulam Sarwar    
 
In CA.857 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Abdul Aziz 
 
In CA.858 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ghulam Rasool   
 
In CA.859 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Badaruddin  
 
In CA.860 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Zulfiqar Ali   
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
15 
 
In CA.861 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Syed Waseem Hussain  
 
In CA.862 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Shoukat Hussain   
 
In CA.863 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Mansoor Ahmed Khan 
 
In CA.864 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Ramzan    
 
In CA.865 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Abdul Rehman 
 
In CA.866 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Shabber Ahmed   
 
In CA.867 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Wazir Ali   
 
In CA.868 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ghulam Asghar   
 
In CA.869 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ghulam Sarwar  
 
In CA.870 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Ali Gohar    
 
In CA.871 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Tarique Khan 
 
In CA.872 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Mumtaz Ali     
 
In CA.873 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Zaheer  
 
In CA.874 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Wahid Bakhsh 
 
In CA.875 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Muhammad Yaseen  
 
In CA.876 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Allah Wadhayo   
 
In CA.877 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
another vs. Samad Ahmed Khan  
 
In CA.878 of 2019 
Chairman, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad and 
C.A. NO. 675 OF 2019 ETC. 
16 
another vs. Lall Bux    
 
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For the appellant(s) 
 
Hafiz S.A. Rehman, Sr. ASC 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Mehmood A. Sheikh, AOR 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Rizwan Saeed Khan, Dy. Chief  
 
 
 
 
 
For the respondent(s) 
   
Ms. Shireen Imran, ASC 
 
Date of hearing 
 
 
15.05.2019 
 
 
 
 
 
JUDGMENT 
 
 
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, J.— A common question of law 
that arises for determination in these connected appeals is whether 
the respondents are entitled to the grant of annual increments for 
the period of two years training undergone by them at the Walton 
Training Academy, Lahore (“Academy”). The respondents were 
appointed by the appellants as Apprentice Loco Cleaners on 
different dates during the period 1988 till 2004 and sent for 
training on the T-4 course for a period of two years at the 
Academy. After qualifying the training course, the respondents 
were inducted into regular service and posted on posts at different 
stations in the Railways service. The claim for payment of annual 
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increments attributable to the two years period of T-4 training 
course was filed by the respondents on different dates in the year 
2017. In their service appeals the respondents explained that their 
claims were being filed pursuant to a judgment of the learned 
Federal Service Tribunal (“FST”) dated 01.03.2016 titled Sohail 
Iqbal and others versus Pakistan Railways allowing the grant of 
annual increments to similarly placed employees of the appellants. 
This judgment was given by the learned FST in 16 connected 
appeals. It was assailed before this Court in Chairman, Pakistan 
Railways, Islamabad and another versus Saleem Akhtar and 
others (Civil Petition Nos. 1038 to 1054 of 2018) but these 
petitions were dismissed vide order dated 28.08.2018 on account 
of being time barred. Consequently, the judgment of the learned 
FST in Sohail Iqbal’s case dated 01.03.2016 attained finality and 
was duly implemented.  
2. 
 
Based squarely on that judgment the learned FST has 
decided the appeals filed by the present respondents during the 
year 2017 and 2018. The material portion of the Sohail Iqbal 
judgment that is quoted in paragraph 3 of the impugned judgment 
is reproduced below: 
“8. We have given careful consideration to the notice 
which was issued by Divisional Superintendent, Multan on 
26.04.2014 on the basis of letter of G.M (Power), Pakistan 
Railways, Headquarters, Lahore dated 20.04.1987. It was 
mentioned therein that the period between completion of 
training and assumption of duty may be treated as on duty 
for grant of annual increment. On the other hand, the 
appellants were held disentitled for annual increments 
during 
the 
training 
period. 
The 
inconsistency 
and 
discrimination, in the policy of the respondent department, 
is floating on the surface of the record. Why the said 
financial benefits has been presumed to be admissible for a 
particular class of employees (BS-11 and above) and other 
employees who get training in the Academy have been 
divested of such right. This enigma could not be resolved 
from the written objections or the arguments of the learned 
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24 
counsel for the respondents. All the railway employees are 
to be treated alike. The admissibility of annual increments 
during the training period is a policy. Matter and all such 
employees are to be treated, at par, so that there is no 
discrimination which is abhorable and disapproved by our 
Constitution. In view of the foregoing discussion, we 
dismiss the appeal to the extent of the relief of up-gradation 
and the appellants shall feel well advised to approach the 
competent forum for remedy whereas partly allow these 
appeals with the direction to the respondent-department to 
make admissible the annual increments for the appellants 
for the period they remained in Academy for training course 
T-4, as was done in the letter of G.M (Power) Pakistan 
Railways dated 24.04.1987. The needful be done within a 
period of 3 months.”   
 
3. 
 
Following the above dicta, the learned FST has in 
paragraph 6 of the impugned judgment granted the following 
identical relief to the respondents:  
“6. Therefore these appeals of identical nature are 
disposed of with the direction to the respondents “to make 
admissible the annual increments” to the appellants for the 
period they remained in Academy for training.”  
 
4. 
 
A perusal of the judgment dated 01.03.2016 shows 
that it is based upon a letter dated 20.04.1987 issued by the 
General Manager (Personnel), Pakistan Railways and addressed to 
all Divisional Superintendents in the organization. From that 
letter, the learned FST has deduced that “the period between 
completion of training and assumption of duty may be treated as 
on duty for grant of annual increments.” This means that the 
service period falling after completion of training is to be treated as 
on duty period. However, rather paradoxically the relief that has 
been granted by the said judgment dated 01.03.2016 and followed 
by the impugned judgment is a direction to the appellant 
department to grant annual increments to the respondents “for the 
period they remained in Academy for training course T-4.” A 
cursory reference to the contents of the letter dated 20.4.1987 by 
the General Manager (Personnel), Pakistan Railways straightaway 
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25 
shows that the relief granted by the judgment dated 01.3.2016 and 
the impugned judgment has gone far beyond the terms of the said 
letter which serves as the foundation of the relief granted. For the 
sake of certainly it is useful to reproduce the letter dated 
20.04.1987.  
“PAKISTAN RAILWAYS HEADQUARTERS OFFICE  
LAHORE  
 
 
No.561-E/137-II (E.Policy) 
 
dated: 20.04.1987 
 
 
All Divisional Superintendents,  
 
Including DS/W 
 
Pakistan Railways 
 
 
W.M/Signal Shops, Lahore 
 
G.M. (P) RM, Lahore 
 
The A.G M/A & B Lahore  
 
 
Sub: REGULARIZATION  OF PERIOD BETWEEN  
 
 
COMPLETION OF TRAINING & ASSUMPTION  
 
 
OF DUTY.  
 
 
References have been received from the Divisions 
regarding regularization of intervening period between 
completion of training & assumption of duty of Probationary 
Sub-engineers Gr.I on the Pakistan Railways.  
 
 
The matter has been carefully examined in this office. It 
has been noted that Sub-Engineers Gr.I on the railways are 
recruited as probationary Sub Engineers against permanent 
vacancies in accordance with fixed quota reserved for them. 
Therefore all probationary Sub engineers recruited in 
accordance with prescribed rules and regulations and 
against permanent vacancies (except on ad-hoc/work 
charged) will have to be treated as railway servants from the 
day they join Services with full benefits in regard to 
continuity of services, grant of annual increments etc. All 
such cases may be dealt with in the manner indicated above.  
 
 
This also disposed of D.S/Lahore’s letter No.735-
E/1/76 (P-I) dated 31.12.1981. 
for General Manager, 
(Personnel)     
 
5. 
 
It is apparent from the contents of the above letter that 
the period intervening between completion of training and 
assumption of duty by probationary Sub Engineers Grade-I is 
regularized as service with full benefits including annual 
increments.  
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6. 
 
  Another letter dated 23.07.1987 also repeats the 
same administrative principle for grant of annual increments. 
However, it is straightway clear that the learned FST has misread 
the letter dated 20.04.1987 by wrongly considering that it allows 
annual increments for the training period for T-4 course whereas 
the letter is referring to the post training service period.   
7. 
 
The learned counsel for the appellants tried to 
distinguish the case of probationary Sub Engineers Gr.I to whom 
the letter dated 20.04.1987 applies from the respondents in the 
present cases who are Apprentices or Stipendiary students. He has 
referred to the Pakistan Railways Personnel Manual clause 214 to 
explain the nature of employment of Apprentices:  
“214. Appointment 
of 
Apprentice/Students.- 
On 
successful 
completion 
of 
the 
period 
of 
apprenticeship/Student in such capacity and on such 
pay as may be considered suitable for him, but no 
guarantee or promise of employment on completion of 
apprenticeship/studentship is given or implied by the 
Railway Administration.”  
 
Paragraph (G) of clause 214 clarifies the ineligibility of Apprentices 
to increment in their stipends: 
“(G) 
There will be no special rates of stipend for 
Apprentices/Stipendiary students. Apprentices and 
stipendiary students will be allowed the minimum of 
the National Scales of pay of the post to which they 
would be appointed on successful completion of their 
apprenticeship/stipendiary studentship. The period of 
apprenticeship/stipendiary studentship will not count 
for increment in the National Scales.”  
 
8. 
 
Learned counsel has explained probationary Sub 
Engineers Gr.I are differently placed from Apprentices in respect of 
their service rights. However, for present purposes, we need not go 
into the distinction drawn for the simple reason that according to 
the letter dated 20.04.1987 even probationary Sub Engineers have 
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27 
not been granted the benefit which has been extended to the 
respondents by the impugned judgment.  
9. 
 
In order to understand why apprentices/stipendiary 
students do not enjoy the said increment is because during their 
stage of employment they fall under Clause 214 of the Personnel 
Manual, Pakistan Railways which states that no guarantee or 
promise 
of 
employment 
on 
completion 
of 
apprenticeship/studentship is given or implied to be given by the 
Railways Administration. Furthermore, clause (G) of the 561-
E/129 (E. Policy) dated 25.7.1972 stipulated in the Personnel 
Manual’s Clause 214 makes it clear that “the period of 
apprenticeship/stipendiary 
studentship 
will 
not 
count 
for 
increment in the National Scales.” Therefore, during the training 
period for the T-4 course, the Apprentices/stipendiary students do 
not qualify as regular employees of the Pakistan Railways and are 
therefore not entitled to service benefits which include annual 
increments 
that 
are 
undoubtedly 
an 
incident 
of 
regular 
employment.  
10. 
 
From the foregoing discussion, it is evident that the 
impugned judgment of the learned FST misread the record and 
therefore arrived at the wrong conclusion with respect to the grant 
of service rights of annual increments to the respondents. This 
happened due to an incorrect interpretation and appreciation of 
the administrative directions given in the letter dated 20.04.1987. 
In any event, it is clear from the Personnel Manual that during 
their period of apprenticeship the respondents were not eligible to 
be in regular employment of the Pakistan Railways under Clause 
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28 
214 thereof which means that service benefits corresponding to 
such employment, namely, inter alia, annual increment was not 
available to them as clarified in sub clause (G) of Clause 214 of the 
Personnel Manual.  
11. 
 
As a result, we find that the impugned judgment 
suffers from a serious error in interpreting the relevant service 
regulations and is therefore liable to be set aside. Accordingly, 
these appeals are allowed.  
 
Judge  
 
 
Judge 
 
 
Judge 
Islamabad 
15.05.2019 
Naseer  
 
  
 
 
 
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