Probation of Civil Servants: Context and Challenges in Pakistan

Abstract

A probationary appointment is deemed to be a preliminary step towards the permanent appointment of a person to a particular post and in this way, the employer is enabled to judge the appointee within the scales devised for this purpose. The exacerbatory aspect of the law relating to probation of civil servants in Pakistan is that it potently armors the employer to control a new entrant into the arena of civil service and leaves little room for the probationer to galvanize his fragile position. The conclusions inferred and suggestions made don’t but rather demonstrate an effort to unearth hidden aspects of the law for creating balance on both sides of the equation. With this end in view, the author relies not only on primary sources but benefits secondary sources as well.