GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN vs MEEZAN CORPORATION AND ANOTHER — 1971 PLD 35

Citation: 1971 PLD 35

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-07-26

Parties: GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN vs MEEZAN CORPORATION AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 35

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Feroze Nana Ghulam Ali Title: GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN vs MEEZAN CORPORATION AND ANOTHER Case No.: Suit No, 85 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1969-07-26 Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 35 Result: Suit decreed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The facts that give rise to these suits, one for declaration and injunction and the other for possession and compensation to between the same parties, arise in respect of a plot of land measuring about 500 sq. yards, situate in a part of Karachi known as Kharadar and belonging to the Pakistan Western Railway. 2. On 17th April 1963, the Railway invited applications from members of the public for the lease of this plot for purposes of installing a public weigh-bridge at its Kharadar Goods Shed on the Karachi Circular Railway for weighing vehicles, carts, etc. The weigh-bridge was to be installed at the expense of the lessees the Railway providing the plot. Messrs Mizan Corporation, one of the parties to these two suits, responded to the notice and applied in consequence of which they were called upon by the Divisional Superintendent of the Railway to appear before them on the 11th of May 1963. On the 16th of September 1963, Messrs Mizan Corporation were granted the lease being required to instal the weigh-bridge within two weeks from the date of the receipt of the latter. In pursuance of these directions, the Corporation were handed over possession of the plot on the 29th of September 1963. The case of the Corporation…

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