Chaudhry NOOR MUHAMMAD vs PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER — 1971 PLD 367

Citation: 1971 PLD 367

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-18

Parties: Chaudhry NOOR MUHAMMAD vs PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 367

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Shamim Hussain Qadri Title: Chaudhry NOOR MUHAMMAD vs PROVINCE OF WEST PAKISTAN AND ANOTHER Case No.: Writ Petitions Nos, 1725 (LHR) and 43 (QTA) of 1969 Date of Judgment:1969-12-18 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 367 Result: Petition accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN, J.--Chaudhri Nur Muhammad petitioner claims to be a displaced person from East Punjab and is said to have settled down in Tehsil Mastung, District Kalat. He is the owner of a plot of land in that locality which he is said to have purchased for construction of a house. He is presently serving as Sub-Divisional Officer, Highways, in Kalat. He has no intention whatsoever of settling down elsewhere in the near future. Since his son was desirous of seeking admission to the Engineering College, he applied for one of the seats reserved for the Quetta-Kalat Region after passing his Intermediate Examination in Science. His daughter has similarly passed the Intermediate Science Examination and is desirous of obtaining admission into a Medical College but she also can succeed only if one of the seats meant for that Region is allocated to her. He applied for a certificate of domicile to respondent No, 2 under the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 on 2nd September 1968. This application is said to have been rejected on 10th September 1968, but no intimation whatsoever was given to him till 28th October 1969. The petitioner has felt aggrieved and has,…

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