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LIAQUAT ALI vs GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Mines and Minerals Development Department Balochistan arts — 2021 MLD 1587 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation
2021 MLD 1587 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court
Balochistan High Court
Year
2021
Reporter
MLD
Parties
LIAQUAT ALI vs GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Mines and Minerals Development Department Balochistan arts
Subject matter
Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

LIAQUAT ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Mines and Minerals Development Department Balochistan arts.199 & 24---Constitutional petition---Protection of property rights---Scope---Petitioner participated in an auction for award of contract and deposited one million rupees as call deposit but the department deliberately omitted to issue the work order---Contention of department was that due to non-deposit of amount of security, advance and stamp paper, the call deposit amount was forfeited---Validity---Record revealed that the department had not followed its own procedure---No decision in respect of accepting or rejecting the bid was taken within the stipulated period---Forfeiture of the call deposit by the department without due course of law was an infringement of the fundamental rights of the petitioner as protected under art. 24 of the Constitution---Constitutional petition was allowed and the department was directed to refund the call deposit amount to the petitioner.

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