Peshawar High Court Peshawar has issued order on 13-02-2020 in connection with Revision Utility Allowance KPK District Judiciary to Remove Disparity in Salary. Detail is as under:
Order of Revision Utility Allowance KPK Judiciary
In pursuance of of Article 175(3) regarding separation of Judiciary from executive coupled with judgment of Hon’able Supreme Court in PLD 1994 SC 105 and observing the Participle of equality before law as enshrined in Article 25 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 as also the Participle that equals must be treated equally as guaranteed by Article 3 of the Constitution of Pakistan and in exercise of Powers conferred by the Finance Department Notification No. SO(A/Cs)FD/2-1/96 date d07-12-1996 and all other enabling powers, further in compliance with the direction of National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee which mandates to remove the disparity in salaries and allowances, Hon’able the Chief Justice has been pleased to revise the rate of Utility Allowance in Favour of the Staff of District Judiciary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa w.e.f. 01-12-2019 as per the following rates:
| Sr. No. | BPS | Current rate of Utility Allowance | Revised rate of Utility Allowance |
| 1 | BPS-01 to BPS-06 | RS.2100/- | RS.6000/- |
| 2 | BPS-07 to BPS-08 | RS.2800/- | RS. 6000/- |
| 3 | BPS-09 to BPS-14 | RS. 2800/- | RS.8000/- |
| 4 | BPS-15 | RS. 2800/- | RS.10000/- |
| 5 | BPS-16 | RS. 2800/- | RS.14000/- |
| 6 | BPS-17 | RS.5000/- | RS.15000/- |
The expenditure involved will be met out of the sanctioned budget grant under head “03-Public Order & Safety Affairs-031-Law Courts-0311-Law Courts-03110-Court Justice-Session/Civil/ATC court-Voted” for the year, 2019-2020 & onwards. It is to mention here that Lahore High Court has already issued the Notification of Revised Rates of Utility Allowance LHC on 08-02-2020.
Special thanks to Mr. Zahid Khan & Mr. Zi Khan for sending the copy of the Notification of Increase / Revise Utility Allowance KPK District Judiciary to Remove Disparity in Salary.
