YOUSAF KHAN AND 10 Others vs CHAIRMAN, BORDER AREA COMMITTEE, — 1971 SCMR 505

Citation: 1971 SCMR 505

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-16

Parties: YOUSAF KHAN AND 10 Others vs CHAIRMAN, BORDER AREA COMMITTEE, NAROWAL, DISTRICT SIALKOT AND 6 Other

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 505

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title:YOUSAF KHAN AND 10 Others vs CHAIRMAN, BORDER AREA COMMITTEE, NAROWAL, DISTRICT SIALKOT AND 6 Other Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 186 of 1970 Writ Petition No. 1068/R of 1966 Date of Judgment:1971-06-16 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 505 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER M. R. KHAN, J.-This appeal, by special leave, is directed against the order of a Letters Patent Bench upholding the dismissal of the appellants' Writ Petition No. 1068/R of 1966 by a learned Single Judge of the former High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore. The appellants owned some lands in villages Darya Afghan and Sheikhpur Mallahan in Tehsil Shakargarh, District Gurdaspur. Under the Radcliff Award, these lands were included in the territory of Pakistan. The river Ravi, according to the appellants, passed through those villages and formed the boundary line between India and Pakistan. The said river gradually changed its course and at one time washed away the entire lands of the said villages including the lands of the appellants. The appellants were then obliged to apply for alternative lands in lieu of their lands lost due to the change in the course of the river. They were accordingly given some other agricultural lands under Paragraph 27 of the West Pakistan Rehabilitation and Settlement Scheme by way of compensation for the lands lost by them. Subsequently, the Survey Parties of India and Pakistan…

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