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Citation: 1970 SCMR 739
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 1969
Decision Date: 1969-12-31
Parties: MESSRS PAKASIA PAINT MILLS LTD. vs DR. ABDUL RAUF AND 9 Other
Case cited as 1970 SCMR 739
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: MESSRS PAKASIA PAINT MILLS LTD. vs DR. ABDUL RAUF AND 9 Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 5 of 1970 Revision No. 100 of JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 739 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-The dispute in this case relates to about 70 kanals of evacuee agricultural land situated in village Taraf Ravi, Tehsil and District Multan. The petitioner firm proposed to acquire it for the construction of a paint mill. On the basis of its application on the 5 November, 1956, the Rehabilitation Commissioner wrote to the Deputy Rehabilitation Commissioner, Multan saying that posses--sion of the land may be given to the petitioner firm "only if advance payment is made and the existing occupants are provided alternate accommodation before being dispossessed and further subject to the condition that the acquisition proceedings have been taken in hand." Acquisition proceedings were then taken in hand and on the 21st May 1958, the Deputy Commissioner, Multan recommended that the Notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act may be issued and compensation assessed in consultation with the Custodian Evacuee Property, West Pakistan, Lahore, strictly in accordance with rules. On the 9th February 1959, compensation was assessed at Rs. 31,000 per acre but the petitioner-firm being dissatisfied with this assessm ent raised objections It…
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