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Petitioner: MUHAMMAD IQBAL and 19 others VS Respondent: PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief Secretary and 4 others
Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Amir Hani Muslim, Mrs. Yasmeen Abbasey Title:MUHAMMAD IQBAL and 19 others vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief
Secretary and 4 others Case No.: Constitutional Petition No,D-300 of 2007 Date of Judgment:2007-04-26 Reported As: 2008 CLC 1451 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER ' By consent it is ordered that the petitioners, who claim to be the owners of leased plots, would be heard by the Land Acquisition Officer as they claim that they were not issued notices before passing of the Award. The Land Acquisition Officer is present and concedes that the notices were issued to the Society and the Society never disclosed the names of the petitioners, therefore, notices to the persons were not issued. 2. Under these circumstances the petitioners are satisfied if their objections in regard to quantum of award be heard and disposed of by the Land Acquisition Officer in accordance with the law. 3. The learned Acquisition Officer present in Court states that he has no objection and let the petitioners appear before him on 7-5-2007 in his office and file their objections in regard to the market value to their properties individually. The petitioners or their representatives would be heard and the Award would be given in terms of Land Acquisition Act, 1984 after hearing them. 4. This petition is disposed of in the above terms with the direction that unless a fresh award is passed by the Land Acquisition Officer, no adverse action would be taken against the petitioners.