ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Friday sought the complete record of appointments made in the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) during the tenure of former federal minister for labor and manpower Syed Khurshid Shah.
The court also issued notices to 132 employees of EOBI, who got jobs during the last three years, observing why had they not been terminated if they got employed illegally. The court noted that it would examine the matter under Article 184(3) of the constitution.
It also sought details of the institute’s fund, which has been invested in Summit Bank on lesser profit. The chief justice observed that public money had been wasted illegally. A two-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a petition against alleged illegal appointments in EOBI by EOBI’s Employees Union Secretary General Syed Mubashir Rizvi.
Rasheed A Rzvi, lawyer for the petitioner, argued that 132 employees were illegally recruited in grade 16 and above. However, the actual candidates who were interviewed and qualified for the posts were deprived of recruitments. He alleged that the final list of recruitments was prepared even before the start of interviews of over 20, 000 candidates.
The lawyer said all 132 employees were regularised after six months. He said EOBI’s Rs 800 million was invested in Summit Bank on lower profit, which had severely affected the institution. The proceedings were adjourned for a week.
Supreme Court seeks record of appointments in EOBI
