SC adjourns hearing of allotment of plots to judges, bureaucrats case

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (Online): Supreme Court (SC) while adjourning the hearing of allotment of plots by Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) to judges and bureaucrats case till May 21 has sought reply.

A 3-member bench of SC presided over by Justice Munib Akhtar took up the case for hearing on Wednesday. The counsels for affected government employees appeared in the court. They told the court their petition is against the procedure of allotment. Housing authority allotted plots to juniors while seniors were ignored. Housing authority had changed the policy of age basis in 2009. In 2014 it again restored the age policy. Due to policies of housing authorities , plots of thousands of employees were cancelled.

Justice Munib Akhtar remarked your problem relates to department procedure of allotment. We are seeing the matter of decision of Islamabad High Court still. If the counsels of FGHE want to give reply to reply, on next hearing, they can give. The court adjourned the hearing of the case till May, 21.

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