1. ANWAR ZAHEER JAMALI, J.---Leave to appeal is granted in this petition, inter alia, to examine whether the High Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, was justified in issuing directions to the Revenue Department for initiating land acquisition proceedings in respect of the disputed land of the respondents, allegedly occupied by the petitioner by way of installation of electric pole of transmission line, thereby ignoring the provisions of section 14 of the WAPDA Act 1958, and further to examine whether the petition preferred by the respondents before the High Court, did not suffer from laches.