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1970 SCMR 27

Mst. IQBAL BEGUM vs THE CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND

Citation1970 SCMR 27
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 290 of 1967 Writ Petition No.
Date1967-10-25
Judge(s)Alvin R. Cornelius, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman
ResultLeave refused

ORDER

1. CORNELIUS, C. J.-This petition .Has ;reference to a case in Settlement where the final order is one demarcating the boundaries of a house in Lahore numbered S-1-72-S-8, which had been transferred to the petitioner Mst. Iqbal Begum, and thus distinguishing it from an adjoining property S-1-91-S-13, which had been transferred to the respondent Mst. Shahnaz Begum. After the transfer, Mst. Iqbal Begum demanded transfer to herself of the property S-1-91-S-13 claiming that it was part of property S-1-72-S-8: Mst. Shahnaz Begum contended that a part of property S-1-91-S-13 had been wrongly included in the pro--perty given to Mst. Iqbal Begum as S-1-72-S-8.

2. The Settlement authorities settled the matter by showing in green lines, on a plan of the two adjacent houses, the boundaries of S-1-72-S-8. Against this order .Mst. Iqbal Begum moved a revision before the Settlement, Commissioner, who held that the two houses were distinct and different. It does not appear to have been contended before him that the green lines referred to above contained less than the true area of property S-1-72-S-8.

3. A writ moved against this order by Mst. Iqbal Begum having been refused by the High Court, she seeks leave to appeal further.

4. It is not open to the Courts to interfere with the demarcation of the two houses, or with the finding, based on examination of the evidence that there are in fact two distinct houses. The boundaries of the property transferred to Mst. Iqbal Begum have been delineated, and against this, she seems to have no grievance. She obviously cannot have two houses. The High Court has taken steps to safeguard against her being asked to pay for more than the property which stands transferred to her by the last order in Settlement.

5. The petition is dismissed.

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