Mst. AMEENABAI AND Others vs KARACHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND — 1971 SCMR 80

Citation: 1971 SCMR 80

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-08-19

Parties: Mst. AMEENABAI AND Others vs KARACHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND Other

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 80

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman Title:Mst. AMEENABAI AND Others vs KARACHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND Other Case No.: Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. K-133 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-08-19 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 80 Result: Leave refused Judgment ORDER HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-This is a petition for special leave to appeal from an order of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, Karachi Seat, dismissing a petition under Article 98 of the Constitution in limine. The said petition was filed to challenge an order of the Com--missioner of Karachi, whereby an appeal against a resolution passed by the Karachi Municipal Corporation on the 8th of June 1965, granting a plot of land adjacent to the land of the petitioners, being Survey No. R. C. 4/25, in Ranchore Lines, Karachi, was dismissed. The plot in dispute measured 186 square yards, out of which 53 sq. Yds. Was delineated in the Municipal plans as alignment land. The balance of 133 sq. Yds. Was, it appears, at one stage, allotted to the respondent No. 3 at Rs. 100 per sq. Yd., but subsequently in the year 1964 on the recommendation of the Chief Officer this allotment was cancelled and the case was put up before the Municipal Corporation for selling the land by public auction in supersession of its former resolution. The Municipal Corporation, however, by its resolution of the 8th of June 1965, decided to sell the said area to respondent No. 3 at…

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