REPORT ON BEHALF OF SHEHRI-CITIZENS vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S — 2022 SCMR 253 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 SCMR 253 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: REPORT ON BEHALF OF SHEHRI-CITIZENS vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S
Provisions referred to: S. 45; Sindh Local Government Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

REPORT ON BEHALF OF SHEHRI-CITIZENS VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 45(5)(i)---Sindh Peoples' Local Council (Land) Rules, 1975, R. 10---Plot of land in Karachi city known as Gutter Baghicha---Grant of 200 acres of land of Gutter Baghicha to KMC Officers' Co-operative Housing Society Limited ('the Society')---Legality---Section 45(5)(i) of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979 did not at all provide for grant/allotment/lease of a land to the Society for allotment to the employees of KMC---Whole land of Gutter Baghicha is an amenity land and can only be used for amenity purpose of a park---Leasehold right of amenity plot cannot be granted to a Society nor any such thing is provided in R. 10 of the Sindh Peoples' Local Council (Land) Rules, 1975---Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) or the KMC Council or the Provincial Government or the Provincial Minister of Local Government were not empowered to grant 200 acres of land of Gutter Baghicha to the Society, as the law did not allow such grant or allotment or sale of the land to the Society---Supreme Court declared the same to be altogether illegal, not supportable by law and void ab initio and issued relevant directions in such regard.

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