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MUHAMMAD FAHEEM ZAFAR vs GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Accountant General, Punjab Scope — 2022 PLC(CS) 1156 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2022 PLC(CS) 1156 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PLC
Parties
MUHAMMAD FAHEEM ZAFAR vs GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Accountant General, Punjab Scope

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD FAHEEM ZAFAR VS GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Accountant General, Punjab Scope---Locus poenitentiae was a power of receding till a decisive step is taken---Doctrine was not a principle of law that an order once passed was irrevocable or was categorized as a past/closed transaction---Rather, if the order was illegal then perpetual rights could not be gained on the basis of an illegal order----Authority who was empowered to pass an order and take an action was also empowered to set aside, modify and vary such order or action subject to an exception, that was, if by such an order an action had been acted upon, thereby, creating a right in favour of the beneficiary of that order and in such event, such an order/action could not be set aside/modified so as to deprive the person of the said right to his disadvantage.

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