Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday barred the federal government and the Water and Power secretary from appointing new chief executive officers (CEOs) in Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) until further orders.
But the court permitted the government to continue the selection process for the CEOs and also issued notices to the respondents and sought a report from them by February 14, the next date of hearing. The petition was filed by Engineer Ghazanfar Ali Khan and five others challenging the recruitment of new CEOs from the open market, instead of filling the posts by promoting senior officials working in the companies.
