A civil servant's career is protected by law. The Civil Servants Act, the Punjab Civil Servants Act, the rules of natural justice, and the Constitution itself — all of them impose obligations on the state when it seeks to discipline, demote, transfer, or remove a public employee. Those protections are real, but only if the right arguments are made in the right forum at the right time. A missed deadline before a service tribunal is not a technicality; it can be the end of a case. An inquiry conducted without proper notice is not merely irregular; it is legally void. Knowing the difference — and acting on it — is what service law practice requires.
Junaid Jabbar Khan has successfully represented hundreds of public servants across Pakistan's civil service, teaching profession, law enforcement, and statutory corporations. He has restored careers that government departments sought to terminate, secured regularization for employees kept on contract despite years of service, reversed arbitrary transfers and downgrades, and recovered withheld pensions and post-retirement benefits. Where service tribunal remedies are exhausted or inadequate, he takes the matter to the Lahore High Court or the Supreme Court through constitutional writs under Articles 199 and 184(3).
What We Handle
- Unlawful termination, removal, compulsory retirement, and dismissal from service
- Regularization of contract, daily-wage, and ad-hoc employees
- Promotion disputes, seniority fixation, and pay protection
- Pension, gratuity, and post-retirement benefit recovery
- Representation before departmental inquiry committees
- Appeals before Federal and Provincial Service Tribunals
- Constitutional writs before the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Federal Public Service Commission matters
- Matters involving universities and higher education institutions (see also About Us for our institutional client list)
Service Law and Constitutional Law Together
In many service law matters — particularly where a tribunal has failed to provide relief or where a statutory authority has acted in bad faith — the correct remedy is a constitutional petition rather than a statutory appeal. The chambers' deep practice in constitutional litigation means that this escalation happens seamlessly. The same advocate who argued before the service tribunal is the same one who files the writ — maintaining the continuity of the case record and the strategic thread of the argument.
Public sector employees whose matters also involve criminal allegations — a common feature of anti-corruption proceedings — will find that the chambers can handle both the service and criminal dimensions without fragmenting the representation.
To discuss a service law matter, book a consultation or review our full list of practice areas.