MRS. GLADYS M. JACOB vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE — 1972 SCMR 688

Citation: 1972 SCMR 688

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: MRS. GLADYS M. JACOB vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 SCMR 688

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title:MRS. GLADYS M. JACOB vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 SCMR 688 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT SAJJAD AHMAD, J.-The short question requiring determination on which leave was granted in this appeal is; whether the Settle--ment authorities were right in treating the annexe in dispute, as a part of the main bungalow and transferring it as such to respon--dent No. 2, Mr. G. M. D. Ghauri (hereinafter described as the respondent), in refutation of the claim of the appellant-Mrs. Gladys M. Jacob, that she was eligible for its transfer as it was an independent residential unit, separate from the main bungalow, of which she has been an allottee in possession since November 1954. The brief facts are as follows: The main house and the annexe in dispute bear a common property No. S. 41R/16, in the Municipal Corporation Assessment Register, 1946. In the Rehabilitation records the property is subdivided bearing Nos. 16-A and 16-B, Queens Road, Lahore, due presumably to their separate allotment to the respective allottees. This property along with some other properties in Lahore belonged to an evacuee owner named Dhani Chand. The main bungalow 16-A was requisitioned and allotted to the respondent in the year 1957. On the 27th of July 1959, the appellant applied for the transfer of the annexe which was In her possession…

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