Supreme Court upholds PST decision on teachers allowances
Lahore
February 9, 2021
LAHORE:The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal of the Punjab government and upheld a decision of the Punjab Service Tribunal about provision of allowances to the Secondary School Teachers (SSTs) from the date of their initial appointment as contract employees.
Representing the government’s appeal, Additional Advocate General Rana Shamshad Khan argued that the order of the tribunal had multiple legal flaws. He said the tribunal’s order, if implemented, would cause a huge burden on the national exchequer as there were over hundred thousand in the province. Headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, a two-judge bench observed that apparently the government wanted to pay a salary to the teachers what they were getting 10 years ago.