GHULAM FATIMA vs Syed ZAFAR HUSSAIN WASTI AND Other — 1970 SCMR 150

Citation: 1970 SCMR 150

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1967

Decision Date: 1967-10-12

Parties: GHULAM FATIMA vs Syed ZAFAR HUSSAIN WASTI AND Other

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 150

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Fazal-e-Akbar, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Title: GHULAM FATIMA vs Syed ZAFAR HUSSAIN WASTI AND Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 210 of 1967 Writ Petition No. 517 of 1961 Date of Judgment:1967-10-12 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 150 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER S. A. RAHMAN, J.-The facts giving rise to this petition for special leave to appeal are as follows The property in dispute was transferred as a whole to the petitioner by order of the learned Chief Settlement Commissioner. The respondent, Syed Zafar Hussain Wasti, challenged this order by a petition for a writ in the High Court of West Pakistan. He was successful in having the order of the learned Chief Settlement Commissioner quashed and obtaining a direction that the Settle--ment authorities should transfer the ground floor of the property in dispute to him in accordance with the order of the Deputy Settlement Commissioner, dated 2nd August 1960. A Letters Patent Bench dismissed the appeal of Mst. Ghulam Fatima from this order. She now seeks special leave to appeal. The respondent is a non-claimant displaced person and was in occupation of the ground floor of the property in question. Mst. Ghulam Fatima is a claimant displaced person and was in possession of the entire first floor of the property. She also had in her possession a garage and some out-houses on the ground floor. It appears that a NCH Form had been put in by the respondent in…

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