Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented the successful Petitioner in a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the Honourable Islamabad High Court. He was assisted by Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, Advocate. The Petitioner, Muhammad Azhar Chughtai, was employed as Manager (S&FA) in the Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL). He was wrongfully terminated from service. The High Court set aside the termination by holding that the Deputy Chief HR Officer had wrongly bypassed the the Board of Directors in issuing the termination letter, which was, therefore, without lawful authority. The Court further held that the termination was a mala fide response by OGDCL to Mr. Chughtai’s plea for regularisation in service. Consequently, the Court ordered that the Petitioner would be deemed to have never been terminated. He will also be entitled to full pay and benefits for the period he was kept out of office.