Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, Advocate, represented the successful Petitioner in a Writ Petition against Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (“PTCL”) before the Honourable Islamabad High Court. The Petitioner was employee of PTCL. He opted for Voluntary Separation Scheme (“VSS”) launched by PTCL. He was just 22 days short of the period of service required before an employee becomes entitled to pension. PTCL hastened to accept his application for VSS before he completed the said period. He was thus deprived of pension despite having worked at PTCL for more than 19 years. He challenged it before the Islamabad High Court.
The Respondent argued that after its privatisation PTCL is not amenable to Constitutional Jurisdiction of the High Court. The Court rejected this objection by employing the “function test”.
The Court accepted the Writ Petition on merits and declared that the Petitioner was entitled to pension.