MUHAMMAD MANZOOR KHAN vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND — 1971 SCMR 782

Citation: 1971 SCMR 782

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: MUHAMMAD MANZOOR KHAN vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 782

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title:MUHAMMAD MANZOOR KHAN vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 SCMR 782 Result: Order accordingly Judgment JUDGMENT WAHEEDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the former High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore in Writ Petition No. 685/R of 1964 dated the 24th June 1964. By this judgment, a Division Bench of the said High Court dismissed-the writ petition. Briefly, the facts leading to this appeal are that the property in dispute is a plot of land bearing No. S. W. 111. 16. 5.4., situated in Mongia Street which the appellant claims to be a part of property No. S. W. 98. R. 21 which is a double-storeyed residential-cum-commercial building with three shops on the ground floor. This property was transferred to the appellant on the 26th December 1959. One Khuda Bakhsh was also a claimant of the shop. He filed an appeal against the said order which was withdrawn and the appeal was dismissed on the 26th March 1960. Thereafter the appellant applied for demarcation and claimed that he was entitled to the adjacent plot as it was a part of the property to the extent of three times the plinth area. The learned Additional Settlement Commissioner, by order dated the 20th February 1961, directed that since it was a case of demarcation of the property already transferred and not transfer of any additional property or…

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