Mst. AHMADI BEGUM vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND — 1970 SCMR 132

Citation: 1970 SCMR 132

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: Mst. AHMADI BEGUM vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 132

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Fazal-e-Akbar, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Title:Mst. AHMADI BEGUM vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 132 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT S. A. RAHMAN, J.-The grievance of the petitioner Mst. Ahmadi Begum, against the orders passed by the Settlement authorities, in her writ petition before the High Court was, that she should have been given the whole premises in dispute instead of merely the portion in her possession, and that the respondent should not have been given the second portion. She was unsuccessful before the High Court and now seeks special leave to appeal. Mr. Fazli Mahmood, on behalf of the petitioner has drawn our attention to the orders passed by the Settlement and Rehabili--tation Commissioner, appearing at page 48 et seq of the record. The learned Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner held that the respondent was not a local, but a displaced person from Delhi, and that the parties had been in possession of their respective portions for several years, and he saw no ground to hold the property to be one shop, specially as it bore two numbers. He incidentally mentioned that Mst. Ahmadi Begum in her C. S. Form had asked only for the transfer of one portion bearing No. 32-A. Mr. Fazl-i-Mahmood contests this recital as incorrect:' He has referred us to the C. S. Form of the petitioner which shows that she had asked for the transfer of both the portions. To that…

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