RAWALPINDI IMPROVEMENT TRUST, RAWALPINDI vs (1) THE GOVERNMENT OF — 1963 PLD 203

Citation: 1963 PLD 203

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: RAWALPINDI IMPROVEMENT TRUST, RAWALPINDI vs (1) THE GOVERNMENT OF JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 SC 203

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq Title:RAWALPINDI IMPROVEMENT TRUST, RAWALPINDI vs (1) THE GOVERNMENT OF JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 760 Result: Q. Judgment JUDGMENT Date of hearing: 11 February 1970. th of February 1963, whereby the sanction earlier accorded by it to the acquisition of certain evacuee land by the Trust was finally modified so as to exclude an area measuring 56 kanals on the ground that it consisted of two factories, ten shops, four godowns, 13 plots and two residential premises out of which 16 buildings evaluated at Rs. 5,00,000 had already been disposed of under the provisions of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The petitioner Trust had formulated a scheme for the develop--ment of the Mohanpura locality in Rawalpindi Town, and for this purpose it had proposed to acquire nearly 243 kanals of land out of which an area of 238 kanals and 51 marlas was evacuee property. The Provincial Government approved this scheme with some modifications on the 2 of September 1955, where--after the Central Government was approached for according its sanction under section 13(3)(b) of the Pakistan Administration of Evacuee Property Ordinance, 1956. This sanction was accorded on the 17th of November 1956 and the compensation payable to the Custodian of Evacuee Property was assessed by the Collector by means of two awards dated the 15 of April 1957 and the 24 of January…

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