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1987 S C M R 49(1)

1987 S C M R 49(1)

Present:‑ Aslam Riaz Hussain and Muhammad Afzal Zullah, JJ

ISHTIAQ AHMAD Raja‑‑Petitioner

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ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER and another‑‑Respondents

Civil Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal Nos. 1017, 1021 and 1026 of 1981, decided on 4th November, 1981.

(Against the judgments of the Lahore High Court, dated 18‑10‑1981, passed in Writ Petitions Nos. 4673, 4590 and 4593 of 1981, respectively)

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)‑‑

‑‑Art. 185(3)‑‑Punjab Local Government Ordinance (VI of 1979), S.31‑ Leave to appeal granted to consider correct interpretation of S.31, Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 1979.

Izharul Haq and Malik Muhammad Qayyum, Advocate Supreme Court, Rana Maqbool Ahmad Qadri, Sh. Abdul Karim and M.A. Qureshi, Advocates‑on‑Record for Petitioner.

Zia Mahmood Mirza, Advocate Supreme Court, Sh. Masud Akhtar, Advocate‑on‑Record for Respondent (in Civil Petition No. 1017 of 1981).

M.A. Bajwa, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondent No. 1.

Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti, and Hassan Ahmad Khan Kanwar, Advocates Supreme Court, Ch. Mehdi Khan Mehtab and Tanvir Ahmad, Advocates‑on‑Record for Respondents (in Civil Petition No. 1021 of 1981).

ORDER

ASLAM RIAZ HUSSAIN, J.‑‑This is a case of first impression. Leave is granted to consider the correct interpretation of section 31 of the Local Government Ordinance,1979.

2.The operation of the impugned order as well as the notification deseating the petitioners hereby suspended.

3. Since it is an election matter, it may be heard at an early date.

S.Q. Leave granted.

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