The Lahore High Court has imposed a cost of Rs50,000 each on four petitioners for trying to mislead the court with regard to a litigation on appointment of vice chancellor at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Prof Dr Ijaz Ahmad, Prof Dr Abdullah and two others had filed a petition questioning the process of the recruitment of the vice chancellor before a search committee. They claimed that the search committee deviated from directions issued by the high court in a related judgment.
Dismissing the petition, Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan observed that the record of the case showed no violation of the court’s judgment on the part of the search committee.
“It is, therefore, manifest that this writ petition is a classic example of abuse of process of law, as it is devoid of any merit or question of law which could be raised afresh before this court,” said the judge in his written order and dismissed the petition with cost of Rs50,000 to be paid by each petitioner in the national exchequer.The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday stayed the process for appointment of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) vice chancellor (VC).
Justice Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan passed the directives on petitions filed by Muhammad Sarwar and others, challenging the process for appointment of the Agriculture University Faisalabad VC. The court also sought a reply from the Punjab government till April 23.
During the hearing, petitioners’ counsel Owais Khalid contended that the search committee constituted for the selection of a permanent VC was illegal as it did not have any agriculture expertise.
He further submitted that all search committees reserved 35 marks for interview whereas the search committee for the selection of the Agriculture University’s VC reserved 50 marks for interview, which was a discriminatory step.
At this, the court stayed the selection process and sought a reply from the government while adjourning the hearing.
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