REHMAT ALI vs THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ADDITIONAL — 1970 SCMR 391

Citation: 1970 SCMR 391

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-02-09

Parties: REHMAT ALI vs THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ADDITIONAL

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 391

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: REHMAT ALI vs THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ADDITIONAL Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 25 of 1970 Revision No. 149 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-02-09 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 391 Result: Case remanded JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD YAQUB ALI, J.-The parties agreed at the leave stage that the case be remanded to the Chief Settlement Commis--sioner (Lands), Gujranwala, for a fresh inquiry and adjudication of their respective claims for allotment of the land in dispute in accordance with the Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme. The petition is, accordingly, converted into an appeal and the case is remanded to the Chief Settlement Commissioner for disposal in the light of the following facts brought to the notice of the Court by the parties counsel. Rehmat Ali, appellant, had originally obtained allotment of agricultural land in village Rakh Bawali, Tehsil Shahdara, District Sheikhupura. Latter on, he got the allotment cancelled by the Chief Settlement Commissioner with the direction that 1986 produce index units verified against his claim No. 12670 be transferred to Gujranwala as an informer. Reference was made to the letter of Mr. S. A. Latif, Under Secretary, Board of Revenue, (No. 2052/56/3173-R(G) dated 18-5-1956) addressed to the Deputy Commissioner, Sheikhupura. Copy of an entry in the Dispatch Register of the Patwari was also produced showing that the produce index units of…

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