MUHAMMAD YAQUB AND 13 OTHERS vs THE MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, LYALLPUR — 1964 PLD 388

Citation: 1964 PLD 388

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-08-26

Parties: MUHAMMAD YAQUB AND 13 OTHERS vs THE MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, LYALLPUR

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1964 Lah. 388

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq Title: MUHAMMAD YAQUB AND 13 OTHERS vs THE MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, LYALLPUR Case No.: Writ Petition No, 117 of 1961 Date of Judgment:1970-08-26 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 664 Result: Petition dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The fourteen petitioners claim to be in possession of different plots of land comprised in the industrial sector of the New Municipal Market, Lyallpur. Petitioners Nos, 3, 12, 13 and 14, namely, Muhammad Osman Khalil, Ch. Bashir Ahmed, Ch. Ameer Ali and Ch. Nazir Ahmad, allege that they were allotted their respective plots by the Municipal Committee in 1960 and agreements of lease/rent notes were duly executed, whereafter they installed industrial machinery by way of looms for manufacturing cloth. The remaining petitioners do not claim to be the original allottees/lessees from the Municipal Committee, but state that they obtained the plots from the original lessees by means of partnerships or other arrangements. 2. All the petitioners are aggrieved by the fact that the Municipal Committee of Lyallpur has served notices on them to vacate their plots within specified periods, failing which the Committee would itself proceed to demolish their installations and take forcible possession. The notices appear to be of the following kinds:-- (i) In the case of petitioners 3, 12, 13 and 14 the original allottees) the notices proceed on the ground that these petitioners had started a business different from the…

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