IHC summons Secretary Cabinet over police promotion issue
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Islamabad High Court here Monday summoned Secretary Cabinet Division to appear on May 13 and apprise it over alleged violation of rules in granting promotion to police officers from BPS-20 to BPS-21.
The Single Bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam heard a writ petition submitted by Sultan Hanif, a serving Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Shah Khawar Advocate, counsel for the petitioner, said that Hanif’s promotion was due from the current grade to next on the basis of his service tenure.
But the Central Selection Committee of Police Services in its last meeting on March 19 had recommended the promotion of four other officers from BPS-20 to BPS-21 after the officers took their issue to different courts, he added.
He apprised the court that a notification in this regard was also issued by the Establishment Division.
He contended that it was an aberration of Establishment Division circular, which made it mandatory that Central Selection Committee, consisting a panel of three plus three members, should be constituted to look into police promotion issue. The same panel would send recommendation for the promotion of police officials to the Prime Minister for approval, he added.
He prayed to the court that in the promotion issue, the set legal procedures were violated, therefore, the notification in this regard should be declared null and void till the settlement of the case. He cited police promotion case being decided by the Islamabad High Court.
The petitioner had made Secretary Cabinet Division, Chairman Federal Service Commission, Chairman Central Selection Committee and Secretary Establishment Division as respondents in his petition.