Muhammad Yousaf vs Deputy Commissioner, Sahiwal — 1967 PLD 62

Citation: 1967 PLD 62

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1967 SC 62

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Salahuddin Ahmad, Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 SCMR 681 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-This appeal by special leave arises out of a judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan allowing a petition under Article 98 of the Constitu--tion of 1962 and setting aside an order of the Deputy Commis--sioner, Sahiwal, passed on the 4th of October 1965, dismissing the respondent from service. The respondent, who was a Revenue Patwari in the District of Sahiwal, was charged on the complaint of one Muhammad Yousaf, a resident of village Bahripur, Tehsil Dipalpur, for having falsified the revenue records in order to deprive the said com--plainant of his share as a joint cultivator of certain lands along with his brother. He was tried by a competent criminal Court and acquitted on the technical ground that copies of Khasra Girdawari, which had allegedly been falsified by the deletion of the complainant's name therefrom were inadmissible in evidence being unattested copies. The trial Court had, however, remarked that nevertheless the case was fit for enquiry by the Department. In consequence of this observation, the respondent and his Kanungo were charge-sheeted by the Deputy Commissioner of Sahiwal. There were two charges against the respondent, the first related to the making of a fraudulent change in the entries in respect of the Rabi crop of 1962 and…

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