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1983 CLC 3134

Mst. FOORAN vs MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE AND OTHERS

Citation1983 CLC 3134
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Writ Petition No, 1418 of 1967
Date1977-03-21
Judge(s)Karam Elahi Chauhan
ResultPetition dismissed

' The petitioner as a widow of one Sondha Khan filed a claim form bearing No, 290 for land left by her in India, The claim was verified and Fard-Haqiyat was consequently issued in her favour on the basis whereof land in the Chak in dispute was allotted to her somewhere in 1955. Respondents Nos.

2 to 10 who claim to be the collaterals of Sondha Khan filed an application before the Assistant Collector pleading that Fooran petitioner was only a limited owner under custom and her esrate stood abolished by the West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat Application) Act 7 of 1968, therefore, she was eligible only to a share of 1/4th in the estate of her late husband and that the remaining area should be given to them. This prayer was accepted and a mutation bearing No, 106 was entered on 7th February, 1966 and was relatively sanctioned in favour of the said respondents on 16th September, 1968. The petitioner Mst. Fooran filed an appeal before the Collector but without any success as the same was rejected on 11th February, 1966. The petitioner filed a revision which succeeded and was accepted by the learned Additional Commissioner, Multan on 9th June, 1966 and the entire land was allowed to remain with her.

' Respondents Nos. 2 to 10 thereafter filed second revision before the learned Member, Board of Revenue, West Pakistan, which was accepted on 19th June, 1967 whereby the collaterals were also allowed to have their share in the land in dispute. Mst. Fooran, petitioner, has come up in writ petition against the aforesaid proceedings and orders to this Court.

2. By means of Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Doubts) Act XXV of 1975 the law has been made uniform and the limited estate held by female who held land in India under custom have all been terminated with the result that the females concerned are entitled only to get their fractional share in the land of the last male holder. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition has become infructuous, inasmuch as the claim of Mst. Fooran to have the whole of the land to the exclusion of the collaterals cannot be accepted. The writ petition consequently is dismissed with no order to costs.

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