Syed SHAKIR HUSSAIN AND 4 OTHERS vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT AND — 1971 PLD 578

Citation: 1971 PLD 578

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: Syed SHAKIR HUSSAIN AND 4 OTHERS vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT AND JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 578

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Karam Elahi Chauhan Title:Syed SHAKIR HUSSAIN AND 4 OTHERS vs CHIEF SETTLEMENT AND JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 578 Result: Petition accepted Judgment JUDGMENT The petitioners are five brothers who are displaced persons from non-agreed area (Allahabad) India (now Bharat). They filed a joint claim form bearing No, 1759/T under the Registration of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act III of 1956, for an area of 60 Bighas and 9 Bighas of allegedly Chahi Agricultural land left by them in village Rasoolpur Soni in Tehsil Manjanpur District Allahabad. The claim form was verified by Mr. S. Saghir-ulHassan Claims Officer, Rawalpindi on 6-10-1959, fixing one-fifth as the share of the each petitioner. 2. For the purposes of allotment, these:claims were to be dealt with under the Scheme known as "Supplementary Rural Scheme to the West Pakistan Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme", which is printed on page 201 of the book entitled: "The Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act (XLVII of 1958)" by M. A. Latif (1958 Edition) (hereinafter called the Book of Latif or Latif's Book). According to Para. 4 of Chapter I, Part II of this Scheme, Rehabilitation Commissioner, West Pakistan Lahore, was to issue a Press note inviting application within specified period for allotment of land under the Scheme in Form QPR-I from claimants whose claims under Schedule V of the Registration of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act III of 1956, had been verified. The…

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