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Petitioner: HYDERABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY VS Respondent: UNIVERSITY OF SINDH and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Khilji Arif Hussain, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Ghulam Rabbani Title: HYDERABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY vs UNIVERSITY OF SINDH and others Case No.: C.P.L.A. No, 563-K of 2009 Date of Judgment:2010-06-21 Reported As: 2011 SCMR 190 Result: Order accordingly
Judgment ORDER ANWAR ZAHEER JAMALI, J.---Leave to appeal is granted in this petition, inter alia, to examine whether the High Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, was justified in issuing directions to the Revenue Department for initiating land acquisition proceedings in respect of the disputed land of the respondents, allegedly occupied by the petitioner by way of installation of electric pole of transmission line, thereby ignoring the provisions of section 14 of the WAPDA Act 1958, and further to examine whether the petition preferred by the respondents before the High Court, did not suffer from laches.