LAHORE: The son or daughter of a government servant who dies on the job is eligible for a government job in their parentÂ’s department in scale 1 to 5 if he or she has the required qualifications, Punjab Ombudsman Abdur Rashid Khan said while deciding a complaint by the widow of a patwari.
| Hmmm... Yasss... Hereditary gummint jobs. That oughta make things work better. |
The widow of Muhammad Yaqoob said that her husband died on July 19, 1987 when he was serving as a patwari in Daska tehsil of Sialkot district. She said that her son Ijaz Mahmood applied for the post of a naib qasid in Sialkot district, adding that authorities told her that her son had got a job in Narowal district. She sought directions to the Sialkot district revenue officer (DRO) to appoint her son to Sialkot district. In reply, the DRO said that the plaintiff was living in Narowal district, therefore her son was given a job there. The ombudsman directed the DRO to give the plaintiffÂ’s son a naib qasidÂ’s job in Sialkot district under Rule 17-A of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointments and Conditions of Service) Rules 1975, subject to vacancy and qualification. |