Sheikh RAFIUDDIN vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, WEST PAKISTAN, — 1970 PLD 170

Citation: 1970 PLD 170

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: Sheikh RAFIUDDIN vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, WEST PAKISTAN, JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1970 Karachi 170

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Qadeer-ud-Din Ahmad, Durab Patel Title:Sheikh RAFIUDDIN vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, WEST PAKISTAN, JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Karachi 170 Result: N/A Judgment JUDGMENT DORAB PATEL, J.----All above-mentioned petitions have been filed to challenge the validity of a Notification dated the 6th April 1965 issued on behalf of the Chief Settlement Commissioner under Martial Law Regulation No. 89 as amended by Martial Law Regulation No. 91, therefore we shall dispose of them together by this judgment. 2. The facts material to these petitions are all the petitioners are transferees of agricultural land under the Displaced Persons (Land Settlement Act), 1958, land was allotted to them under the said Act. On the promulgation of Martial Law Regulation No. 84 they had to submit their claim for re- verification and fresh allotments were to be made on the basis of such re-verification which was to be made in the manner prescribed in the said Regulation. This Regulation was thereafter amended by Martial Law Regulations Nos. 89 and 91. Under them ceiling limits were fixed for the entitlements of claimants. Any lands held in excess of these limits had to be surrendered to the Central Government and the land thus surrendered vested in the Central Government, but the Chief Settlement Commissioner was authorised to frame a scheme for the disposal of the land which might be so surrendered. According, by a Notification dated the 28th December 1961…

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