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Petitioner: KHUSHI MUHAMMAD VS Respondent: FEDERAL LAND COMMISSION AND Other
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain, Shafi-ur-Rehman Title: KHUSHI MUHAMMAD vs FEDERAL LAND COMMISSION AND Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 281 of 1977 Writ Petition No. 378
of 1977 Date of Judgment:1982-03-07 Reported As: 1982 SCMR 866 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER ASLAM RIAZ HUSSAIN, ACTG. C. J.-The petitioner seeks Leave to Appeal against the order of the learned Single Judge of the High Court, dated 24-2-1977, dismissing his constitutional petition against the order of the Chief Land Commissioner, dated 31-10-1972 under M. L. R. 115. 2. We have gone through the impugned judgment and heard the learned counsel for the parties. In the first place, the constitutional petition suffered from laches, inas--much as it was filed almost 2 years after the passing of the impugned order passed by the Additional Chief Land Commissioner. Secondly, as admitted by the petitioner's counsel, he was merely a lessee of the land in dispute and as such had nut acquired any rights. Therefore, hip had no focus standi to file the writ petition. In any case, no serious question of la has bee raised by the petitioner's counsel before us. We feel that the High Court was justified in dismissing the petition. We have no reason to interfere with the same. The petition is, therefore, dismissed as being without any merit.