 He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan, and also briefly became the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan when the incumbent Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006, and thus became the first Hindu and the third non-Muslim to serve as chief of the highest court in Pakistan.Rana Bhagwandas also worked as the Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan.He headed the interview panel for the selection of the federal civil servants in 2009.