COL. BASHIR HUSSAIN AND 10 Other vs LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR — 1970 PLD 321

Citation: 1970 PLD 321

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: COL. BASHIR HUSSAIN AND 10 Other vs LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR, JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Result: Petition accepted Judgment JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN, J.----A Scheme, known as the University Campus Scheme, was published in the Gazette on 31st March 1954 under section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. The Scheme was sanctioned under section 41 of the Act by the Provincial Government on the 24th of January 1957.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Shamim Hussain Qadri Title:COL. BASHIR HUSSAIN AND 10 Other vs LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR, JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 321 Result: Petition accepted Judgment JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN, J.----A Scheme, known as the University Campus Scheme, was published in the Gazette on 31st March 1954 under section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. The Scheme was sanctioned under section 41 of the Act by the Provincial Government on the 24th of January 1957. The Land Acquisition Collector made an award on the 20th of September 1960. A supplementary award, which related to the land of the petitioners, was announced by the Collector on the 29th of-- October 1962 under section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act. The petitioners were admittedly not present when the award was made. 2. About eight months after the making of the award, notices were sent to the petitioners on the 14th of June 1963 under section 12 of Act I of 1894. They were received by one Inayat Ullah, Mukhtar of Mst. Mah-i-Anwar, petitioner No. 2. On the 5th of July 1963, Inyat Ullah communicated these notices to all, the petitioners on the 6th. 3. On the 17th of August 1963 the petitioners filed objections to the award followed by further objections on the 12th of October 1963. Since the land of persons other than the petitioners had also been acquired, there were other objectors also who had been given notices of the making of the award at the…

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