NUR MUHAMMAD AND 13 Others vs ABAD MUHAMMAD KHAN AND 5 Other — 1972 SCMR 372

Citation: 1972 SCMR 372

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: NUR MUHAMMAD AND 13 Others vs ABAD MUHAMMAD KHAN AND 5 Other

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Case cited as 1972 SCMR 372

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: NUR MUHAMMAD AND 13 Others vs ABAD MUHAMMAD KHAN AND 5 Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 193 of 1972 Writ Petition No. JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 SCMR 372 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT SAJJAD AHMAD, J.-This petition for special leave is directed against the order of a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court passed in writ jurisdiction, whereby, accepting the writ petition of the respondents, it was held that the order made by the Officer on Special Duty, Central Record Office, verifying the respondents as equivalent to 4,236 units on their claim form No. 7223, was valid, and all the subsequent orders made on the review petitions and the miscellaneous application filed by the petitioners, were without lawful authority. The aforesaid respondents were claimant displaced persons from Patiala State (Bharat). Three Fard-e-Haqiats were issued separately in their favour, which showed that they were entitled to allotment of land equivalent to 4,236 units. They were allotted 841 kanals in Chak No. 323/J.B., Tehsil Toba Tek Singh, which was sub--sequently confirmed in their favour. Subsequently, on the 13th of June 1961, the Additional Rehabilitation Commissioner, Multan, made an order in the absence of the respondents that 30 acres of land out of the area allotted to them be cancelled and given to the petitioners, because, according to him, the…

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