Mst. ASGHARI BEGUM Alias MUNNI BEGUM vs THE ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT — 1969 SCMR 330

Citation: 1969 SCMR 330

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: Mst. ASGHARI BEGUM Alias MUNNI BEGUM vs THE ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as 1969 SCMR 330

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Agha Ali Haider Title:Mst. ASGHARI BEGUM Alias MUNNI BEGUM vs THE ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 615 Result: Petition accepted Judgment JUDGMENT The circumstances in which this petition under Article 98 of the Constitution has arisen, are as follows :- 2. The petitioner is a displaced person from Muradabad, U. P. India. She alleges to have owned 3 houses in Murad--abad which were left behind by her and subsequently declared as evacuee property. She filed a claim here, under the Regis--tration of Claim (Displaced Persons) Act III of 1956 and the claim was verified under Schedule I for Rs. 5,490 and Schedule VI for Rs. 686 only. After the verification of the claim, the petitioner applied for the issuance of the Compensation Book. The Compensation Book was prepared in triplicate and one copy thereof was granted to her. She is stated to have left her compensation book with her son, Mr. Anwarullah Khan, who is an Advocate on the rolls of this Court. The Compensation Book is alleged to have been stolen away from the house on 14-3-1964 and a report was lodged with the Jamshed Quarters, Police Station on that very day. A public notice was also published In the daily 'Jang' some ten days later. The copies of those documents have been filed on the record. The petitioner then made an application, duly supported by an affidavit to the Chief Settlement Commissioner for the grant of a dupli--cate copy of the…

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