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1983 SCMR 235

MESSRS QURESHI CONSTRUCTION Co. LTD.S vs GOVERNMENT OF SIND AND

Citation1983 SCMR 235
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 79/R of 1981
Date1982-11-01
Judge(s)Mian Burhanuddin Khan, Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Shafi-ur-Rehman
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

MIAN BURHANUDDIN KHAN, J.-This petition is directed against judgment and order of the Sind High Court dated 18-1.1981 passed in Revision No. 358 of 1980.

2. The petitioner was allotted two industrial plots in the Korangi Industrial Area measuring 10,000 sq.

Yds. @ Rs. 10 persq yard. The possession was delivered to the petitioner and the first instalment Rs.

2/50 per sq. Yard was deposited with respondent No. 2 on 25-4-1962.

3. On 19-8-1963 the Government of Pakistan (Rehabilitation and Works Division) framed a policy, reviewed their previous policy and in para. 4 of the Policy letter reduced the price of Industrial plots in order to encourage the industrialization in the area. It is stated by the petitioner that after the issuance of aforesaid policy letter of 19-8-1963 he offered to purchase the plots @ Rs. 4 per sq. Yard but the respondents insisted that Rs. 10 per sq. Yard was the real price. In letter dated 11-8-1969 the peti--tioner was asked to deposit the balance of the cost of the plots. Later on, the Government of Pakistan took a decision on 10.2-1970 that rate of Rs. 10 per sq. Yard was the proper rate and, therefore, the letter of the Government of Sind, containing reference to the letter dated 10-2-1970, clinched the matter. The petitioner challenged this decision in a civil suit 'which was dismissed on 25-2-1976. His appeal was dismissed by the District Judge on 16-8-1980 where after he filed a Revision Petition No. 358 of 1980 in the Sind High Court which was dismissed in limini vide the impugned order.

4. Learned counsel's main contention is that the previous allotment order was a provisional allotment order and that the policy letter dated 19-6-1963 has been misread and misconstrued by the lower Courts below ; in fact the price fixed by this policy letter was the real terms of the contract between the parties and the previous rate of Rs. 10 per sq. Yard was 'ad hoc' price.

5. We have examined the contention of the learned counsel and find that no breach of terms has been committed by the respondent so as to entitled the applicant to force any other terms on the respondent. Subsequent decision reducing the rate to Rs. 4 per sq. Yard was applicable to the allotments made after the allotment of the plots to the applicant as even the policy letter would show that it was applicable to the future transactions We find no merit in this petition which is, accordingly, dismissed.

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