' This petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 has been filed by Mst. Surryia Annes, Principal, Nishtar- _College for Girls, Ferozpur Road, Lahore, in which she had challenged the seniority list prepared by the respondents Nos,1 to 3 showing to be junior to the other respondents.
2. A preliminary objection has been raised by learned counsel for the respondent No,3 as regards maintainability of this petition on the strength of Article 212 of the Constitution read with section 2-A of the Federal Service Tribunals Act, 1973 as amended by the Service Tribunals Amendment Act, 1997. Section 2-A of the Federal Service Tribunals Act reads as under:-- "Service under certain corporation etc. To be service of Pakistan.-- Service under any authority, corporation, body or organization established by or under a Federal Law or which is owner or controlled by the Federal Government or in which the Federal Government has controlling share or interest is hereby declared to be service of Pakistan and every person holding a post under such authority, corporation, body or organization shall be deemed to be a civil servant for the purposes of this Act."
From the above it is clear that service under any authority, corporation, body or organization which has been set up by or under Federal Law has been declared as service of Pakistan and its employees shall be considered as civil servants. In the present case the petitioner and respondents Nos,3 and 8 are employees of Pakistan Workers Children Educational Institution set up under section 6 of the Workers Children (Education) Ordinance, 1972 which is a Federal Law, and as the dispute pertains to terms and conditions of service, this petition is not maintainable as this Court lacks jurisdiction.
3. In this view of the matter, this petition is dismissed as being barred by Article 212 of the Constitution.