B-Tech (Hons) degree-holder CDA officers seek promotion.

Byline: Tahir Niaz

Islamabad -- The B-Tech (Hons) degree-holder employees of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have pleaded that cases of their promotion be considered in the light of latest Supreme Court decision under which promotion quota has been protected.

In a letter written to Chairman CDA and other high ups of the Authority, 19 such officers lamented that several engineers in the Capital Development Authority were misinterpreting the latest SC decision with a request to remove the B-Tech degree-holders from the posts of Deputy Director on current charge basis. 'Actually, they are quoting only the last half paragraph of the decision. As per the court decision, their appeal has been dismissed by the apex court and promotion quota fixed by the government of Sindh has been declared legal and subsequent promotions of B-Tech (Hons) degree-holders and diploma holders have been upheld,' said that letter.

They have also raised a question on the capability of the CDA engineers saying B.Sc engineers are not performing any professional engineering works in the Capital Development Authority. 'All new major projects of CDA have been designed through consultants and project directors have been engaged for their supervision. 'If present lot of engineers is competent enough as professional engineers then why such works have been outsourced and huge national money has been spent,' they questioned.

The applicants include Meraj Ahmed (DD QS), Muhammad Tahir (DD Maint-III and Faisal Masjid, Ghulam Shabbir Gondal (DD Contract), Muhammad Farooq Azam (DD Aiwan-e-Sadar and Parliament House), Muhammad Sharif (DD), Muhammad Zahid Nazir (DD Works-II), Muhammad Akram (DD Roads Maint North), Muhammad Riaz (DD W and S R/A Zone), Syed Younis Ali Shah (AD Contract), Nasir Hameed (AD Water Supply)...