Civil service matters not high court domain: SC Top court sets aside LHC verdict wherein it had ordered Punjab govt to promote a bureaucrat LHC orders Punjab government to provide foolproof security to protesters. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The apex court has held that the assumption of jurisdiction by high courts in respect of civil service matters was “unconstitutional and impermissible”. “[High court] should always be mindful of the jurisdictional exclusion contained under Article 212 of the Constitution,” read a five-page judgment authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah in a matter wherein the Lahore High Court had directed the Punjab government "to grant proforma promotion” to civil servant Shamim Usman to grade-20.