Sahibzada ABDUL HANNA N vs ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND — 1969 SCMR 141

Citation: 1969 SCMR 141

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: Sahibzada ABDUL HANNA N vs ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as 1969 SCMR 141

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri Title:Sahibzada ABDUL HANNA N vs ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 138 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT KHUDA BAKHSH MARRI, J.-Through this petition the legality of an order of Assistant Director, Immigration and Passports, Government of Pakistan, Karachi, respondent No. 1 dated 7-2-1970 has been challenged, by which order the validity of petitioner's passport has been curtailed from 20th October 1973 to 6th May 1970. 2. The facts leading to this petition are that according to petitioner he was "for the last time" granted a passport bearing No. AC414349 on 21st October 1968 valid for a period of five years ending on 20th October 1973, by the Deputy Assistant Director, Immigration and Passport, Hyderabad, which was valid for several countries with an endorsement that it was not valid for Saudi Arabia during Haj season. 3. It is the case of petitioner that in the beginning February 1970, he approached respondent No. 1 with a request for relaxation of condition with regards to Saudi Arabia, as he wanted to proceed on Haj, he was asked to produce the passport. On production of passport instead of relaxing the required condition, respondent No. 1 not only scored out the entry relating to Saudi Arabia during Haj season but reduced the period of validity of the passport to 6th May 1970. 4. The petitioner's main grievances are that the order of…

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