The Supreme Court has issued a decision regarding the quota for the children of government employees.
The ruling, written by Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and spanning 11 pages, declares that all policies and packages related to the quota for the children of government employees are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal from the GPO, nullifying the Peshawar High Court’s 2021 decision.
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The court also invalidated the Prime Minister’s Package for Employment Policy related to quotas, its office memorandum, and Section 11A of the Sindh Civil Servants Rules 1974.
Additionally, Section 10,SC Clause 4 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants Rules 1989 and Clause 12 of the Balochistan Civil Servants Rules 2009 have been declared null and void.
According to the court’s ruling, the quota for widows or children in government employment without advertisement or open merit has been deemed unconstitutional. This quota is found to conflict with Articles 3, 4, 5, Clause 2, Article 25, and Article 27 of the Constitution.
