1. Ms. Musarrat Hilali, J.--Through the instant petition, petitioner Waqas Ahmad Advocate has prayed this Court for exp unction of remarks recorded by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Chitral vide notifications/notices dated 23.04.2016 and 25.04.2016 and order sheets dated 25.04.2016 of the Respondents No. 2 to 5/Judicial Officers.
2. 2.In essence, some dispute arose between Process Server of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Chitral and Muhammad Afzal, A.P.P who is relative of the petitioner. The parties filed complaints against each other and during pendency of that issue, learned District and Sessions Judge, Chitral made some observation against the petitioner by affixing the same on the' Court notice board besides, the Judicial Officers (Respondents No. 1 to 5) also incorporated the same observations in order sheets of judicial proceedings. Being aggrieved of the observations/remarks, petitioner has moved the instant writ petition before this Court.
3. 3.Written reply of the respondents was sought for which was filed by them accordingly wherein they denied the bereavements of the writ petition.
4. 4.Heard. No doubt, there are allegations of serious nature leveled against the petitioner by learned District & Sessions Judge and in view of his observations impugned in the instant writ petition, the situation seems to be quite alarming and prejudicial to the dignity of Courts of law and prestige of Judicial Officers Such misconduct is highly deplorable which cannot be expected from a responsible and practicing lawyer. The bereavements of the petitioner have been denied by respondents in their written reply and the learned Sessions Judge has acted in a manner warranted by the facts and circumstance of the case. However, Superintendent of the Court of learned District & Sessions Judge is present before the Court as representative of the respondents who stated that the respondents, being open hearted towards the petitioner in the matter, have got no objection on acceptance of the instant writ petition.
5. 5.In view of the above, this writ petition is allowed, observations of the learned District & Sessions Judge, Chitral against the petitioner vide notice/letter dated 23.04.2016 and that of the Respondents No. 1 to 5 vide order sheets dated 25.04.2016 are hereby expunged. At this juncture, we deem it appropriate to note that peaceful environment in the Courts of law is expected from the public in general and especially from the lawyers who can play their role for keeping harmony between the bench and the bar.