Pakistan, June 30 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that inter seniority of government employees must be determined strictly in accordance with the law and applicable service rules, holding that the government may challenge a service tribunal's decision only where it involves an erroneous interpretation of the law or a question of jurisdiction. It observed that the government cannot claim to be an aggrieved party in a mere seniority dispute between employees.

According to the detailed judgment, a three-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui dismissed 18 civil petitions filed by the Government of Sindh and upheld the Sindh Service Tribunal's judgment dated June 2, 2...