Mohmad Yasin Shah vs Power Development Department on 14 May, 2026
Date: 2026.05.22 15:31:56+05'30'
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notified vide SRO-149 of 1973, the ITI qualified technical
employees are entitled to a higher technical pay scale. He
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[4] M O.A 490/2026
submits that the said benefit was extended to a large number of
similarly situated employees in various departments including
the Power Development Department to the exclusion of the
petitioners herein. He submits that the issue regarding grant of
benefit of SRO-149 of 1973 to ITI trained employees came to be
considered by the Hon'ble High Court in a batch of writ petitions
titled Provincial Power Employees Union Vs. State, which were
decided by a Division Bench judgment dated 08.05.2017. It is
further submitted that the Hon'ble Court quashed the impugned
order and directed the respondents to continue the benefit in
favour of employees who had already been granted the same and
also to extend the benefit to those employees who had not been
granted the same. The said order was challenged by the
respondents before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, however the
SLPs filed by the respondents were dismissed vide order dated
04.02.2026, thus affirming the judgment of the Hon'ble High
Court.