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Citation: 1957 PLD 914
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 1970
Decision Date: 1970-12-31
Parties: Haji HASHMATULLAH AND 9 OTHERS vs KARACHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION JUDGMENT
Case cited as PLD 1957 Lah. 914
Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Ghulam Rasool K. Shaikh Title:Haji HASHMATULLAH AND 9 OTHERS vs KARACHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 514 Result: Petition allowed Judgment JUDGMENT GHULAM RASOOL K. SHAIKH, J.--This is a writ petition under Article 98 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan against the order passed by the Commissioner of Karachi purporting to act under section 111 of the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960 and communicated to the Chairman, Karachi Municipal Corporation by letter No, 6(6)/67-LSG dated 31-3-67. The petitioner No, 10 is an association known as Qureshi Market Welfare Association having a large number of members, while the petitioners 1 to 9 are the office-bearers of the Association. There is a plot of land bearing No, 1 sheet No, RB-7, Arambagh Quarters, belonging to the Municipal Corporation. A major portion of this was rented out to the members of the Association by the Municipal Corporation in the year 1948 for the construction of their shops. In pursuance of this lease the Municipal Corporation also demarcated the plot into small portions for the purpose of construction of shops and allotted the same to the members of the Society including the petitioners at a monthly rent of Rs, 5.10 each. After the allotment the petitioners and others constructed their separate and independent shops at their own expenses on the respective portions allotted to them. Since then they…
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