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Petitioner: MARKET COMMITTEE, LAHORE through Administrator VS Respondent: MUHAMMAD AKHTAR and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Irshad Hasan Khan, Muhammad Arif Title:MARKET COMMITTEE, LAHORE through Administrator vs MUHAMMAD AKHTAR
and others Case No.:Civil Petitions for Leave to Appeal Nos. 1820-L, 1821-L, 1822-L, 1823-L and 1824-L of 2000 Date of Judgment:2000-07-27 Reported As: 2001 SCMR 770 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER ' The above petitions are barred by 115 days. Mr. M.A. Zafar, learned Advocate Supreme Court for the petitioner submits that the office has miscalculated the period for the purpose of computing limitation. He further contends that the petitioner was not represented before the High Court and the Additional Advocate-General, who entered appearance on Court's call, did not inform the petitioner about the passing of the impugned judgment. It is, however, not stated in the application for the condonation of delay that the learned Additional Advocate-General was not authorised to appear on behalf of the Market Committee. 2. Be that as it may, if the learned Additional Advocate-General had not informed the petitioner as to the fate of the writ petitions, the opposite-party cannot be penalised for his omission. The petitioner may, if so advised, take appropriate steps available under the law against the Law Officer. 3. With the above observation, all the petitions are dismissed being barred by time.