S.KHALID SHAFQAT vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER and others — 1984 CLC 2701

Citation: 1984 CLC 2701

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-28

Parties: S.KHALID SHAFQAT vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER and others

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Case cited as 1984 CLC 2701

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title: S.KHALID SHAFQAT vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER and others Case No.: Constitutional Petition No,795 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1971-02-28 Reported As: 1984 CLC 2701 Result: Petition allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ' The dispute in this petition under Article 98 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1962 relates to a residential house bearing No, A-116/34/75, situated in the territorial area of the Cospmopolitan Co- operative Housing Society Ltd., Hyderabad. This house, it would seem, was placed by the Settlement Department in the earmarking list and objections to its inclusion in the said list were invited to be filed upto the 7th of December,1959. The house featured as at S.No,1 of the said list. No objection having been received the earmarking operations proceeded to their completion and in the consequent lots that were drawn, the petitioner succeeded in obtaining the house. On the 15th of January, 1960, the petitioner was issued an Appendix 2 in relation to the said house whereby a payment of Rs,36,000 was demanded from him. Eventually on 21st of June, 1962 the first petitioner alongwith his two brothers (petitioners 2 and 3) whom he had associated with himself were issued the formal P.T.O. On the 17th of June,1963 the petitioners received an order from the Deputy Settlement Commissioner, informing them that the property in question was a non-evacuee property and that the transfer in their favour had been cancelled. The…

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