Secretary, Ministry of National Heritage and Culture, Resident Engineer, Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board were directed to provide the Appellant following requested information within 7 working days of the receipt of this Order:
“1. Contracted horticulture, janitorial and security guards employed for work at QA Mazar thru Contractor, duty hours of each category and salary paid for each category in the month of December 2020.
2. Contracted horticulture, janitorial and security guards employed for work at QA Mazar thru contractor, duty hours of each category and salary paid for each Category in the month of January 2021.
3. Please state the exact backlog that must be paid for each guard, each gardener and each janitor for compensate for less than legal minimum Wages paid for them during the past 2 years.
4. Please state if each contracted guard, gardener and janitor Is NOW registered with EOBI or not. lf registered with EOBI please mention the name of Worker, EOBI number and when registered with EOBI.
5. Please send evidence of the amount paid as Salary in January 2021 to contracted guards, gardeners and janitors and the cheque number by which the amount was paid.
6. As the minimum legal wage changes from time to time, Please confirm if your contract with contractor clearly states that the wages paid shall always Comply With the latest minimum legal Wage announced by the government”.
While Respondent 1, Ministry of National Heritage and Culture maintains that “all contractors have submitted written undertaking on stamp paper and assured to pay Rs.17500/- per month to their employees”, this undertaking only shows the existence of a commitment and not whether this commitment is carried out. This commission is of the view that it is responsibility of the public bodies to keep records of all the transactions to ensure that public funds, spent directly, or, through contractors, to perform official functions, are utilized in accordance with the laws of the land.