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Summary Supreme Court Tuesday issued orders for reinstatement of sacked employees of Hadeed Welfare Trust.
Hadeed Welfare Trust is a subordinate department of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM).A division bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Jawad S Khawaja resumed the hearing of the case against the Sindh High Court’s decision on restoration of Hadeed Welfare Trust’s workers.The court while directing the restoration of the HWT’s employees disposed the case. Earlier, the workers were sacked under the 29 August, 2008 notification.Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in his remarks said that the PSM is the property of the government it has its own laws and regulations which cannot be ignored. The CJ asked the PSM administration that whether the Educational Institute of PSM is being closed down.The Chief Justice said while removing the employees of PSM is it possible the mill would give any benefit.Justice Jawad S Khawaja said that the HWT is the fragmentation of an imagination of the PSM.The Admin Officer of the PSM told the court that Gardener and Sweeper are being paid more than Rs 8,000 monthly salary.
