| HYDERABAD:
The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices on Thursday on a petition that challenged the appointment of the director-general (DG) of the Sehwan Development Authority (SDA).
Muneer Ahmed Soomro, the SDA DG, was removed from the same post by the SHC Hyderabad circuit bench in December 2009, after being accused of various charges including corruption and posting on an OPS basis against a cadre post of BPS-20. He had also been implicated in an inquiry report by retired judge Zaheeruddin S Leghari.
Soomro, who has worked for the SDA since its establishment in 1997, has also been alleged to have remained absent from service for several years. He resumed his duty as project director on July 2, this year, and was subsequently given the additional charge of the cadre post of BPS-20 DG on July 14.
His fresh appointment has been challenged by Shahzado Kabooro, a real estate agent working with the SDA, who pleaded for the nullification of his appointment saying that it violated court orders. “Soomro was posted as the DG in 2009 and he was removed from the post on the SHC’s orders,” read a letter sent to the local government (LG) secretary by former SDA DG Asghar Shaikh on February 19, 2014, according to the petition. “Since then, he has not attended the office.” |