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1983 SCMR 1196

Khan ZIAULLAH KHAN AND Others vs SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER (LANDS)

Citation1983 SCMR 1196
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition No. 421 of 1977 Petition No. 619-R of 1977
Date1983-04-01
Judge(s)Nasim Hasan Shah, Muhammad Afzal Zullah
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

1. NASIM HASAN SHAH, J.-The Settlement Commissioner (Lands cancelled the allotment made in favour of the petitioners on a revision file by the respondent No. 2 that his claim had been awaiting satisfaction in village in 1961 and could not have been ignored in order to accommodate the petitioner who brought his claim-to the said village in the-year 1970 The order of the Settlement Commissioner was found to be unexceptionable by the High Court and the petitioners' writ petition was dismissed. The have now filed this petition for leave to appeal.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that even if the order of the Settlement Commissioner is found to be valid the claim of respondent No. 2 could be satisfied by allotting him apart of the area allotted to the petitioners and the remaining land should have been allowed to be retained by the petitioners. This plea was also raised in the High Court and it was observed that:- "No facts and figures have been brought to my notice. However; it is understood that the respondent No. 1 cannot order allotment of a larger area than the one which may be equivalent to the claim of respondent No. 2. In that case, the balance, if any, shall remain with the petitioners, The petitioners may, therefore, bring that situation, authority-" at all the same, is correct, to the notice of the concerned authority.

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