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Official Citation: 2025 SHC 1481
Court / Jurisdiction: Sindh High Court
Petitioner: Const. P. 2003/2025 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Rana Muzammil Hussain Khan (Petitioner)
Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court, officially reported as 2025 SHC 1481. In this matter between Const. P. 2003/2025 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Rana Muzammil Hussain Khan (Petitioner) and the Respondent, the court adjudicated key questions of statutory construction, procedural regularity, and legal precedent under Pakistani law.
Core Holding: The honorable bench evaluated governing statutory provisions and judicial authorities to establish the rights of the parties, delivering the binding reasoning set out below.
COURT: Sindh High Court CASE NO: Const. P. 2003/2025 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi CITATION: 2025 SHC KHI 1481, 2025 SHC KHI 1483 PARTIES: Rana Muzammil Hussain Khan (Petitioner) ORDER DATE: 19-MAY-25 BENCH: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed, Hon'ble Justice Ms. Sana Akram Minhas(Author) A.F.R: Yes ------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI CP No. D–2003 of 2025 ( Rana Muzamil Hussain Khan v. The Chief Secretary & Others ) _______________________________________________ _____ DATE: ORDER WITH SIGNATURE(s) OF JUDGE(s) _________________________________________________ ___
1. For Orders on CMA No. 9848 / 2025 (Urgent App) 2. For Orders on Office Objections No.1 to 9 3. For Orders on CMA No. 9849 / 2025 (Exemption App) 4. For Orders on CMA No. 9850 / 2025 (O 39 R.1 & 2 CPC App) 5. For Hearing of Main Case
19-5-2025
Mr. Shahryar Akbar Bhambro, Advocate for Petitioner
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1. Sana Akram Minhas J : The Petitioner has filed the present Petition seeking, inter alia, to restrain construction activities on Naclass 30, Sectors 42-A and 49 -A, Taiser Town, Scheme 45, District West, Karachi (“Subject Area”). Additionally, the Petitioner seeks to prevent the creation of any third- party interests therein.
2. Upon being confronted regarding the Petitioner’s legal standing to maintain this Petition, Counsel for Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner was acting as the “focal person” of a so-called “Rehman Abad Katchi Abadi” committee. When further que stioned whether the Petitioner owned any plot in the Subject Area or possessed any lease or formal title document issued in his favour by the Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority (also known as the Human Settlement Authority, Sindh ), Counsel conceded that no such document exists, and that the P etitioner does not possess any legal or formal title to any immovable property in the Subject Area. Upon being asked as to whether the said katchi abadi had even been legally notified or regularised, Counsel answered in the negative.
3. In view of the above, it is evident that the Petitioner lacks any demonstrable, legally recognized interest, proprietary right or status in respect of the Subject Area. Consequently, he has failed to establish the requisite locus standi to invoke the constitutional jurisdictio n of this Court under Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973.
4. As a result , this Petition is dismissed in limine with costs of Rs.15,000/-, to be deposited in the account of the High Court Clinic within ten (10) days from the date of this order.
JUDGE
JUDGE