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Petitioner: Mian MUHAMMAD BAKHSH VS Respondent: SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER (IND.) AND ANOTHER
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Ghulam Safdar Shah, Durab Patel Title:Mian MUHAMMAD BAKHSH vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER (IND.) AND
ANOTHER Case No.:Civil Miscellaneous Petition No, 190-R of 1979 in Civil Review Petition No, 36- R of 1975 Date of Judgment:1980-02-12 Reported As: 1980 SCMR 759 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment ORDER ' MUHAMMAD HALEEM, J.-As no one was present on behalf of the petitioner in Civil Review Petition No, 26-R of 1979, it was dismissed for default on 5th of December, 1979. The petitioner has filed this Civil Miscellaneous Petition No, 190-R of 1979 seeking its restoration on the ground that as his Advocate-on-Record had withdrawn from the case, he has no knowledge of the date of hearing and, therefore he did not appeal to prosecute it on that date. We examined the record to ascertain if the Advocate-on-Record had in fact withdrawn from the case in accordance with rule 23, Order IV of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966, but this is not so and, accordingly, it was his responsibility to appear on the date and no separate intimation of the date of hearing was required to be sent to the petitioner. This ground, therefore, fails. However, we would also observe here that the office should not have entertained this application in disregard of the rules and in future case should be taken to avoid such repetition. ' Accordingly the petition fails and is hereby dismissed.