1. NASIM HASAN SHAH, J.--The question of law involved in this case is as to whether a suit for pre- emption is competent in respect of the land allotted to displaced persons from Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
2. The learned trial Court, as also the learned Additional District Judge, found that the civil Court had no jurisdiction to try such suits because allotments to Displaced Persons from Azad Jammu and Kashmir were made under a Scheme known as "Scheme for the Temporary Allotment of Rural Evacuee Agricultural land to Jammu and Kashmir Displaced Persons with verified claims in Schedule V to the Registration of the Claims (Displaced Persons) Act, 1956". However, the High Count reversed this finding considering that the controversy stood settled by the pronouncement of this Court in Haji Sultan Muhammad and another v. Muhammad Siddique PLD 1973 SC 347, wherein, according to the learned Judge in the High Court, it was held that the right of pre-emption in such cases could be enforced by a civil Court. Hence this petition for leave to appeal.
3. Ch. Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted before us that the learned Judge in the High Court has not properly appreciated the judgment of this Court for in that judgment it was held on the other hand, that:- "There is no right of pre-emption in regard to sale by temporary allottees of their rights in the lands as they do not get any saleable interest in those lands held by them temporarily."
4. The contention that the learned Judge in the High Court has not appreciated and applied the judgment of this Court to the facts and circumstances of the case in hand correctly, requires further consideration.
5. Leave is, accordingly, granted.
6. Security in the sum of Rs. 1,000.
7. The interim order dated 29-1-1984, shall remain in operation during the pendency of the appeal.