Heirs of Miraj Din vs Chief Settlement Commissioner — 1967 PLD 428

Citation: 1967 PLD 428

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1967 SC 428

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Abdus Sattar, Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Supreme Court 252 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C.J.--This appeal, by special leave, is directed against a judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, in a Letters Patent Appeal arising out of a writ petition filed by the present appellants for quashing the order of the Chief Settlement Commissioner dated the 16th of May 1960, transferring the Regal Cinema to the respondent No, 3 herein. The appellants are the heirs of one, Miraj Din, who migrated from Amritsar to Pakistan. The said Miraj Din died in Pakistan in the year 1952 and the appellants filed a claim for the properties left by Miraj Din in Amritsar. Their total claim was verified by the Deputy Claims Commissioner, Lahore, on the 31st of July 1959, for Rs, 28,61,144-9-5. Their claim under Schedule III was verified as follows :- {{TABLE}} (1)Appellants Nos, 1 to 3: Rs, 56,308-3-10 (2)Appellant No, 4: Rs, 76,622-3-0 (3)Appellants Nos, 5 to 7: Rs, 28,154-1-11 Rs, 1,61,084-8-9 {{TABLE}} According to the appellants, amongst the properties left by the said Miraj Din in India there were two industrial concerns, namely, (i) a factory for manufacturing pharmaceutical products registered under the Factories Act and (2) an unregistered Massala Grinding Factory in which the --- ## Page 2 late Miraj Din had only a 1/4th share.…

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