Mst. IQBAL BEGUM vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND — 1970 SCMR 27

Citation: 1970 SCMR 27

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1967

Decision Date: 1967-10-25

Parties: Mst. IQBAL BEGUM vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND Other

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 27

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Alvin R. Cornelius, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Title:Mst. IQBAL BEGUM vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 290 of 1967 Writ Petition No. 1631 /R of 1964 Date of Judgment:1967-10-25 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 27 Result: Leave refused Judgment ORDER CORNELIUS, C. J.-This petition .Has ;reference to a case in Settlement where the final order is one demarcating the boundaries of a house in Lahore numbered S-1-72-S-8, which had been transferred to the petitioner Mst. Iqbal Begum, and thus distinguishing it from an adjoining property S-1-91-S-13, which had been transferred to the respondent Mst. Shahnaz Begum. After the transfer, Mst. Iqbal Begum demanded transfer to herself of the property S-1-91-S-13 claiming that it was part of property S-1-72-S-8: Mst. Shahnaz Begum contended that a part of property S-1-91-S-13 had been wrongly included in the pro--perty given to Mst. Iqbal Begum as S-1-72-S-8. The Settlement authorities settled the matter by showing in green lines, on a plan of the two adjacent houses, the boundaries of S-1-72-S-8. Against this order .Mst. Iqbal Begum moved a revision before the Settlement, Commissioner, who held that the two houses were distinct and different. It does not appear to have been contended before him that the green lines referred to above contained less than the true area of property S-1-72-S-8. A writ moved against this order by…

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