Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Education Constricts Nomination Process for Litigation Officers to Avoid Legal Setbacks-Notification

No. 1579-80/AD (Lit:II)                                                                                        Dated Peshawar the 06/08/2024

Subject:           NOMINATION OF LITIGATION OFFICERS /LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES

Memo:

I am directed to refer to the subject cited above & to state that the worthy Director E&SE KP Peshawar has noticed that in some Districts, Litigation Officers/Legal Representatives are being nominated by the DEOs (Male/Female) to pursue litigation cases before various courts of law/Tribunal without scrutinizing their qualification & legal expertise in court matters & as a result thereof, sometime an embarrassing situation are created for the Department in the shape of attachment of salaries, show cause notice against the Respondents.

Most of the time, such like untoward situation arises due to lake of interest of the legal representative concerned by putting the Respondent Department in awkward position before the courts of law/Tribunal & as a result, right of defense of the Deponent is struck off on Ex-Parte basis due to non-submission of replies/joint parawise comments before the courts well in time. It has also been noticed that due to non-appearance of the legal representative concerned & non-production of record before the courts in pending casts, salaries of the Respondents are attached by the courts.

To mitigate the afore-mentioned circumstances, it is indispensable to nominate such Litigation Officers/Legal Representatives who are committed, devoted & having legal expertise & experience in legal matters. In this regard, the worthy Director E&SE has decided that in future, nomination of Litigation Officers/Legal Representatives for all Districts shall be made at Directorate level after a bare-scrutiny of their academic & professional expertise in legal matters.

I am further direct, to intimate you that particulars/list of Litigation Officers /Legal Representatives working under your administration may be processed to this Directorate within a week time so that the person(s) concerned may be interviewed in view of their academic & professional qualification in legal matters & thereafter, their assigned duties being Litigation Officers/Legal Representatives may be notified at Directorate level & a copy whereof, be shared with the offices of AAG concerned please.