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Petitioner: GOVERNMENT OF SINDH through Deputy Commissioner, Hyderabad and others VS Respondent: Munshi MUHAMMAD EIDEN QURESHI
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Kamal Mansur Alam Title:GOVERNMENT OF SINDH through Deputy Commissioner, Hyderabad and
others vs Munshi MUHAMMAD EIDEN QURESHI Case No.: Civil Petition No, 528-K of 1999 Date of Judgment:2000-01-04 Reported As: 2000 SCMR 1236 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER ' As to the question of limitation the learned Additional Advocate-General, Sindh, - has taken us through the petitioner's application under Order XXXIII, rule 6. Of the Supreme Court Rules. We, however, find that in the first place delay caused at the departmental level of the Government is placed on no higher plane than delay suffered by an ordinary litigant. What is more, even the explanation of delay at the departmental level is ambiguous if not evasive. Thus, it is not stated as to at the level of which officer(s) what period was spent in processing the matter leading, ultimately, to the filing of this petition sixty-six days beyond time. Let, therefore, a proper statement be submitted by the learned Additional Advocate- General, Sindh indicating all the relevant details. Statement within a period of three weeks. ' Meanwhile, the learned Additional Advocate- General, Sindh, has placed before us an order dated 27-1-1999 passed in Civil Petition No,539-K of 1998 where leave was granted in this Court concerning some of the persons who are stated to be involved also in the present petition. In such background, let notice issue to the respondent. To come up during the next session of the Court.