High Court suspends prosecutors termination orders, refers case to CJ

They said their order of termination had been illegal because the executive authority of the province had to be exercised in the name of the governor, which had not been done in this case.

They said they were removed in the name of failing to get through the interviews despite the fact that they were brought into service after they passed their interviews.

They also submitted that it was settled practice and principle of law that interviews are taken before appointment and not after appointment.

Accordingly, the interview after appointment is conducted, as a formality towards regularisation of service but instead of regularisation, the petitioners were removed from their service illegally, arbitrarily and mechanically. They requested to declare the termination order as illegal.

On Thursday, the court heard the arguments petitioners counsel and advocate general Punjab Kh Harris on stay application and stayed the operation of the impugned order.