ATTA MUHAMMAD QURESHI vs THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE — 1963 PLD 311

Citation: 1963 PLD 311

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: ATTA MUHAMMAD QURESHI vs THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 SC 311

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title:ATTA MUHAMMAD QURESHI vs THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Supreme Court 61 Result: Appeal accepted Judgment JUDGMENT SAJJAD AHMAD, J.--The relevant facts leading up to this appeal for special leave are as follows :- The appellant, Atta Muhammad Qureshi, who is a claimant displaced person, was a co-allottee in a rice husking mill situated in Ganj Mandi, Gujranwala. In the year 1958, under the orders of the Martial Law authorities, all the premises in Ganj Mandi were vacated and their occupants were given alternative accommodation in Khajoor Mandi, Gujranwala. The appellant was able to secure allotment of two properties in Khajoor Mandi, bearing Nos, B. III. 2. S. 27 and B, III. 2. S. 31, which were separated from each other by about a hundred feet. The site plan on the record (page 134) shows that the former is a double-storeyed building consisting of two rooms on the ground floor with a chobara, a verandah and a courtyard above it. The latter consists of a single storey, which is admittedly a shop. At the commencement of the settlement operations, the appellant submitted a C. H. Form No, 2750, dated the 14th July 1959, for transfer to him of property No, 27 as a house, and he also submitted a C. S. Form for the second property No, 31 for its transfer as a shop. Both were duly transferred to him as a house and a shop respectively. In…

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